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[BY AUTHORITY.]
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED AT THE SE
CONDSESSION OF THE TWENT V-FIFTH'CONGHESS.
[Public. — No. 18.] ‘
AN ACT to amend the act for quieting posses- |
sions, enrolling conveyances, and securing the
estates of purchasers within the District of
Columbia, passed the thirty-first day of May,
eighteen hundred and thirty-two.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re.
presentatives of the United States of America,
in Congress assembled. That the clerks of the
circuit courts of the District of Columbia, and
their deputies, in their respective counties, shall
be, and are hereby, authorized and required to
admit to record any conveyance whereby a right, 1
title, or interest, in real estate is conveyed, or
purports to be, lying within the limits of their
respective counties, upon the certificate under
seal of any two justices of the peace of any
State or Territory of the United Stales, or of Ihe
District of Columbia, annexed to such deed, and
to the following effect, to wit:
County, [or Corporation, &c.] to wit:
We, A B and C D, justices of the peace in
and for the county [or corporation, or parish, or
district,] aforesaid, in the State [or Territory, or
district,] of , do hereby certify that E F,
a party [or E F and G 11, &c. parties,] to a cer
tain deed, bearing dale on the day of
and hereunto annexed, personally appear
ed before us in our county [or corporation, &c.]
aforesaid, the said E F [or E F and G H, &c.]
being personally well known to ns, as [or proved
by the oath of creditable witnesses before us to
be] the person [or persons] who executed the
said deed, and acknowledged the same to be his,
[her, or their] act and deed. Given under our
hands and seals the day of
A B. [seal.]
C D. [seal.]
Provided, That, when such acknowledgment
shall be taken before any justices of the peace
beyond the limits of the District of Columbia,
there shall accompany such certificate of ac
knowledgment a certificate of the clerk or other
public officer having official cognizance of the
fact, under his official seal, that such persons
were, at the date of their said certificate, in fact,
justices as they purport to be.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every
conveyance, covenant, agreement and other
deed, (except deeds of trust and mortgages)
which shall be acknowledged or proved and cer
tified, according to law, and delivered to the
clerk of the proper court, to be recorded within
aix months after the sealing and delivery there
of, shall take effect and be valid as to all per
sons from the time of such acknowledgment or
proof; but all deeds of trust and mortgages,
whensoever they shall be delivered to the clerk
of the proper court to be recorded, and all other
conveyances, covenants, agreements, and deeds,
which shall not be acknowledged, proved, or
certified, and delivered to the clerk of the proper
court to be recorded within six months after the
scaling and delivering thereof, shall lake effect
and be valid as to all subsequent purchasers for
valuable consideration, without notice, and as
to all creditors, from the time when such deed of
trust or mortgage, or such other conveyance,
covenant, agreement, or deed, shall have been
so acknowledged, proved, or certified, and de
livered to the clerk of the proper court to be re
corded, and from that lime only: Provided, how
ever, That if two or more deeds containing the
same property, after having been so acknow
ledged, or proved and certified, be delivered to
the clerk to be recorded on the same day, that
which shall have been first sealed and delivered
shall have preference in law.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That every
bond, or other written contract in relation to
land, may be proved, acknowledged, certified,
and recorded, in the same manner as deeds for
the conveyance of land; and such proof or ac
knowledgment, and certificate, and the delivery
of such bond or contract to the clerk of the pro
per court, to be recorded, shall be taken and held
to be notice to all subsequent purchasers of the
existence of such bond or contract.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, if any
feme covert shall be a party executing such deed,
and shall only be relinquishing her right of dow
er in such estate or interest, or when a husband
and his wife shall have sealed and delivered a
writing purporting to be a conveyance of any
estate or interest, and such feme covert shall
appear before any two justices of the peace of
any State or Territory of the United States, or
of the District of Columbia, and, being by them
examined privily and apart from her husband,
and having the deed fully explained to her, shall
acknowledge the same to be her act and deed,
and shall declare that she had willingly signed,
scaled, and delivered the same, and that she
wished not to retract it; and such privy exami
nation, acknowledgment, and declamation, shall
be certified by such justices under their hands
and seals, by a certificate annexed to such
writing, and to the following effect; that is to
say:
county [or corporation, &c.] to wit:
We, A B and C D, justices of the peace in
the county [or corporation, &c.] aforesaid, in the
State [or Territory, &,c.] of , do hereby
certify that E F the wife of G H, party to a
certain deed bearing dale on the day of
• and hereunto annexed, personally ap
peared before us in our county [or corporation,
&.C.] aforesaid, the said E F, being well known
to us as [or proved by the oaths of creditable
witnesses before us to be] the person who execu
ted the said deed, and being by us examined,
privily and apart from her husband, and having
the deed aforesaid fully explained to her, she,
the said E F, acknowledged the same to be her
act and deed, and declared that she had willing
ly signed, sealed, and delivered the same, and
that she wished not to retract it. Given under
our hands and seals this day of .
A B. [seal.]
C D. [seal.]
And such certificate shall be offered for record to
the clerk of the circuit court of the District ®f
Columbia, in that county in which such deed
ought to be recorded. It shall be the duty of
such clerk to record the same accordingly; and
when the privy examination, acknowledgment,
and declaration of a married woman, shall have
been so taken and certified, and delivered to the
clerk to be recorded pursuant to the directions
of this act, such deed shall be as effectual in law
to pass her right, title and interest, as if she had
teen an unmarried woman; Provided, however,
a c °y enant or warranty contained in such
deed hereafter executed shall in any manner op
tter e .K POn . anyfeme « Vert ’ or heirs, fur
covert and b C T eye ? eCtUa from feme
covert and her heirs, her right of dower or other
interest in real estate which she may have at c
the date of such deed. t
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That all i
deeds heretofore recorded within the District of (
Columbia, and in the county wherein any lands, <
tenements and hereditaments are situated, which <
are conveyed in or by said deeds, on an ac- 1
knowledgment before any two justices of the I
peace for said District, shall be good and effec
tual for the purpose or purposes therein men- i
tinned, and valid as to all subsequent purchasers, i
and all creditors, from the passage of this act; 1
Provided, said deeds were made in good faith,
and without an interest to commit a fraud up- I
on creditors or bona fide subsequent purchasers. )
JAMES K. POLK, <
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
RH. M. JOHNSON,
Vice President of the U. States, and
President of the Senate.
Approved, April 20th, 1838.
M. VAN BUREN. \
[Public —No. 19.]
AN ACT for the benefit of the Levy Court of 1
Calvert county, in the State of Maiyland.
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentalives of the United Slates of America, in
Congress assembled. That the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby authorized and required to
pay, to any one duly authorized by the Levy
Court of Calvert county, in the Stale of Mary
land, out of any money in the Treasury not oth
erwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand
dollars, in full satisfaction for the destruction of
the Court House of said county by the enemy
during the late war with Great Britain, while
the same was in the military occupancy of the
United States, and in consequence thereof de
stroyed by fire.
Approved, April 20th, 1838.
[Public. —No. 20.]
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United Stales of America,
in Congress assembled, That the sum of seven
ty thousand dollars be appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropria
ted, for the complete removal of the great raft
in Red river, in the States of Louisiana and Ar
kansas.
Approved, April 20lh, 1838.
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BY EXPRESS MAIL.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.]
[From the Baltimore American, May 9.]
FROM WASHINGTON.
Our special correspondent transmits to us the
following notice of yesterday’s proceedings in
Congress;
WASHINGTON, May 8.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
As soon as the journal of yesterday’s proceed
ings was read in the House of Representatives
Mr. LYON of Ala. rose and announced the
death of the Hon. JOAB LAWLER, a member
of the House of Reprcsentives from the State of
Alabama. Mr. Lawler has been ill but two or
three days, and I believe was well and in at
tendance of his duties when the House adjourn
ed on Thursday last. He died about nine o’-
clock this morning of bilious pleurisy,—the same
disease which caried off your late Representa
tive, Mr. MeKim, —which is still prevalent in
the city, and which has carried off several citi
zens before this. The city is not very unheal
thy but almost every body is suffering with a se
vere cold.
After Mr. LYON had concluded his eulogy
upon the death of the deceased, the usual
resolutions were offered to wear crape upon the
left arm for thirty days, to attend the funeral
from the Hall of the House of Representatives
to-morrow at 12 o’clock, and to appoint a com
mittee of arrangements to prepare the fune
ral obsequies.
The House adjourned on motion of Mr. Lyon
as soon as the resolutions were adopted.
IN SENATE, May 8, 1838.
As soon as the Journal was read, Mr, FRANK
LIN, the Clerk of the House, announced the
death of Mr. Lawler, and the adoption of
the House resolutions. Whereupon,
Mr. KING of Ala. delivered abriefand suit
able eulogy upon the character of the deceased.
Mr. L. he said, left a wife and children to mourn
his loss.
The usual resolutions were adopted, and the
Senate adjourned over to to-morrow, to attend
the funeral.
No public business will be transacted before
Thursday next.
PROCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAY IN
CONTINUATION.
The Senate adjourned soon after I closed my
letter. The bill forextending the charters of
the Banks in the District of Columbia was read,
through, when,
Mr. BENTON took the floor, and moved an
adjournment, which was carried after an Ex
ecutive Session.
Mr. BENTON will speak at some length up
on this Bank Bill and probably in opposition.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House sat yesterday to a late hour. No
question however was taken upon the Duelling
Reports.
Mr. DUNCAN and Mr. BYNUM distin
guished themselves for their attempted severity
and for some personalities indulged in towards
Mr. Sibley, a member from New York, who pro
posed that if the subject was recommitted to the
Select Committee for further investigation, they
should examine whether or not any members
besides Messrs. Graves, Wise, and Jones, had
violated a breach of privilege. This proposition
seemed to touch Mr. D. and Mr. B. to the quick,
both of whom, as you remember, took part in the
late duel upon the side of Mr. Gilley.
WASHINGTON, May 9.
The following is a copy of the bill before the
U. S. Senate for the sale of the U. S. Bank
Bonds belonging to the United States. The bill
has been ordered to be engrossed.
A BILL to authorize the sale of certain bonds
belonging to the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to sell
upon the best terms he can command for mo
ney in hand, in the markets of this or any for
eign country, as upon inquiry, he shall find
most for the interest of the United States, the
two bonds held by the United States against
“Tiie President, Directors, and Company of the
Bank of the United States,” chartered by the
State of Pennsylvania, which will fall due in
the month of September, in the year one thou
sand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and one
thousand eight hundred and forty, being the two
last of four several bonds, dated on the tenth day
of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty
seven, given to secure the payment of the sum
of one million nine hundred and eighty-six thou
sand five hundred and eighty-nine dollars and
four cents each, with interest upon each bond,
at the rate of six per centum per annum, from
the third day of March, one thousand eight hun
dred and thirty-six until paid, the said four bonds
having been received by the United States, as
security for the final payment of the stock held
by the United States, in the late Bank of
the United States, chartered by Congress, and
to execute under his hand and the seal of his of
fice, to the purchaser or purchasers of the said
bonds, suitable and proper assignments to trans
fer to the said purchaser or purchasers, his, her,
or their representatives, or assigns, all the right,
title, and interest of|lhe United States, of,
in, and to the money due and to become due
upon the bonds sold and assigned in pursuance
of this act: Prezided, That no sale of either of
the said bonds shall be made upon terms less fa
vorable to the United States than the par value
of the bond sold, at the time of sale calculated ac
cording to the rules for estimating the par value
of securities upon which interest has run for a
time, but which securities have not reached ma
turity.
Section 2. And be it further enacted, That all
money received upon the sale of the said bonds,
shall be immediately paid into the Treasury of
the United States, or placed to the credit of the
Treasurer thereof in some proper depository, in
tlie same manner that other moneys, received
four dues to the Govcrnmeut, are, by law, direct
ed to be paid into the Treasury.
WASHINGTON, May 10.
Mr. RUGGLES and others, presented memo
rials against the treaty of New Echota, requi
ring the removal of the Cherokees West of the
Mississippi.
Mr. WEBSTER presented remonstrances
from Plymouth, Mass, from persons whom he
knew to be respectable, against the same treaty.
Mr. WEBSTER also presented the Petition
and Resolutions of the legislature of Massachu
setts upon the subject of the North Eastern
Boundary.
Mr. Webster, in presenting these Resolutions,
remarked that the Legislature of his State was
sensibly alive to its importance, and to the state
of tlie question as now pending between the U
nited States and England. It is very proper,
said Mr. Webster, when this subject shall be
called up, I learn it will be in a few days, to
say something upon it. The members from
Maine would naturally take the lead as far as
any thing was to be said or done here, but I pro
pose aUo to take some little part, for the pur
pose ofexplaining to the Senate, if I can, the
true question existing between the two countries,
and its great magnitude and importance to the
States concerned. It is, said Mr. Webster, in
my opinion, necessary that the two Houses of
Congress should be induced to give to the sub
ject their immediate and serious attention.
During the morning, Mr. WILLIAMS, of
Maine, gave notice that he should to-morrow
bring in a bill for the survey of the North East
ern Boundary.
The messages received in the House from the
President and Secretary of the Treasury upon
the subject of the Finances, were sent to the
Senate. The Secretary of the Senate was or
dered to read them in full. Being read, they
were ordered to be laid upon the table and print
ed.
You will receive a copy of both Message and
Report to-morrow. They are interesting docu
ments, giving a sad report of the condition of the
Finances of the country.
The bill forextending the charters of all the
Banks in the District of Columbia came up.
Mr. BENTON moved a substitute to the
whole bill of the District Committee, which sub
stitute proposed that at once the District Banks
should cease to deal in all notes under five dol
lars; that on the 4th July the Banks shall pay all
their five dollar notes in specie; that on the Ist
September all their notes; and that they should
then pay out no notes not redeemed in specie.
Mr. HUBBARD proposed that the charters
should be extended during the pleasure of Con
gress.
The bill has been before the Senate du
ring the day. Mr. ROANE, Mr. HUBBARD,
and Mr. TIPTON have made speeches of a mod
erate character in reference to the Banks. Mr.
BENTON and Mr. NILES have also addressed
the Senate on tlie same subject.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A message was received from the President of
the United States, as soon as the journal of pro
ceedings had been read, giving a summary ac.
count of the finances of the country.
The message was under the signature of the
Secretary of the Treasury, and called for an is.
su<* or rc-issue of Treasury Notes. The Secre
tary of the Treasury says that an issue or re-is.
sue of those notes is absolutely necessary to keep
the wheels of the Government in motion. The
report was read, laid upon the table and ordered
to be printed.
Mr. UNDERWOOD, after the reading of the
message, said that although he was entitled tc
the floor upon the question properly before the
House, yet in consideration of nublic business,
and the necessity of speedy legislation in refer
ence to it, he would suppress his speech, and
move an indefinite postponement of the whole
subject, connected with the late duel.
Mr. GRAVES remonstrated. He said he was
upon trial of character—of a breach of the privi
leges of a member of the House of Representa.
lives. Charges of the most heinous charactei
had been made against him, and but recently
the most foul-mouthed slander had been put forth
against him. He felt bound in consideration ol
the importance of the question, to press the
House to a decision.
Mr. CAMBRELENG then moved 1o suspend
the rules of the House for the purpose of offering
a resolution that the House now proceed to the
consideration of bills refer:, d to the Committee
of the Whole.
Mr. GRAVES moved a call of the House,
which was ordered, 122 to 75.
The call then proceeded, but was interrupted
by Mr. CAMBRELENG, who withdrew his re
solution, as he said, with the hope that the sub
ject in order before the House would be at once
disposed of.
Mr. UNDERWOOD then went on with his
speech and addressed the House at length.
A desultory 7 debate was kept up for some time,
when
Mr. THOMAS moved to lay the whole sub
ject upon the table, and moved that the report
be printed.
The Previous Question was moved, and the
reports all laid upon the table, 102 to 76.
The question was next taken upon printing
all the reports and evidence of the Select Com
mittee.
This motion was carried, ayes 189, noes 4.
So ends this subject unless some motion be made
to reconsider.
Four o'clock. —The House has adjourned, but
the Senate is still in session.
[From the New York Herald.]
MONEY MARKET.
Tuesday, May 8, 6 p. m.
The great question of the resumption, or non
resumption of Mr. Biddle, still occupies men’s
minds, and the uncertainty of the result retards
the advance of returning prosperity. The belief
now among our most eminent financiers, is, that
he will resume either with the New York banks,
or take a few weeks to share with them in their
specie, and sell his bills, drawn on cotton ship
ments. In tliis case, the cotton under his direc
tion in England must be forced into the market,
and a great crash in prices will be the conse
quence, to the injury of the planters and Missis
sippi banks, and through whom he will sustain
some loss from over advances, but trifling in
comparison with that which will be the result of
a different course. It is evident that Mr. Biddle
has mistaken his course from the beginning with
regard to the resumption of specie payments. —
He should have been among the first to clamor
for an early resumption, and have monopolized
the honor thereof; —this would have placed his
bank on such footing at home and abroad, that
nothing could have withstood its influence, or
embarrass its finances, as credit is money to any
amount. In this point of view be is hourly losing
ground, and nothing can induce his present
course but an apprehension of his ability to per
form. The demand for specie will not be half
so great as many imagine, but be it what it may,
Mr. Biddle’s only course is to meet and pay it.
The immense amounts of specie continually ar- •
riviug, will, in connection with public opinion,
force him to this, although it may possibly be
against his own judgment—all sums under one
dollar are already paid at the bank. The sus
pension is a great sore and requires deep cutting
to remove it.
The banks here are still very cautious in their
discounts, and we understand the country banks
who have balances in their favor, remove them
in the shape of specie. There is however plenty
here. The Bank of Montpelier (Vt.) has resum
ed specie payments, and thus far has received
more than has been withdrawn. The report
that the bank at Chelsea has failed is incorrect.
The Hudson River Bank has also resumed spe
cie payments.
The transactions at the board have again been
limited in amount, but the prices are firm, and
in some cases have advanced. United States
Bank was up 1-4 per cent.; Phoenix improved 1
per cent. Delaware and Hudson was firm at
i 72 1-2 until the closing sale, which fell off 5-8
percent. Vicksburg advanced 1 per cent.; also
Utica 1 1-2 per cent. Some other stocks showed
i a disposition to recede, particularly Harlem, de
dining 1 per cent.; Stonington 1-2 per cent. —
i Sale of 6 per cent. Treasury notes at 1-2 discount.
[From the N. Y. Courier Enquirer, May 10.]
’ MONEY MARKET.
, The business transacted in Stocks continue
limited, without any material change in prices.
U. S, Bank closed yesterday at Delaware
. & Hudson Canal Co. 71 5-8; Harlem Railroad
, Co. 56; and Stonington Railroad Co. 34i; show
i ing on the two latter a decline of one per cent.
. on previous sales. Seven Shares in New Or
leans Canal and Bank, were sold at 83; 15 in
tlie Planters’ Bank of Mississippi at 89, and 65
in the Lafayette Bank of Cincinnati at 91. The
sales of Treasury Notes were trifling, at 3-8 per
. cent, discount for 6 per cents.
, The packet ship Wellington, from London,
r which arrived on Tuesday, brought a conside
rable amount of specie, which was not, however,
entered on her manifest,
p A small improvement in the rates of Domestic
f Exchanges, has taken place on the following
cities, within the last few days; on oilier places
the rates continue the same. We now quote :
„ Drafts on Baltimore at 3$ a4; Richmond, 5a 6;
1 Charleston, 5a 7; Cincinnati, 8a 9; and on Mi
s chigan, generally, 10 als per cent. dis. The
discount on Philadelphia and U. States bills ad-
P vanced per cent, yesterday, say to 4 per cent.
This advance, however, will not, it is likely, be
come established.
The Etna Insurance Company ofthis city has
divided 6 per cent, payable on the 15th inst.
B FROM LONDON.
The packet ship Wellington, at New York,
brings London dates to the 10th April.
The London Morning Chronicle says “ it is
said, that apprehensive of the consequences of
g the misunderstanding with the Bank of the
United States, the Directors of the Bank of
] England have absolutely forfeited the policies
of insurance upon a very large amount of mo
j ney. Taken at the lowest calculation, at one
per cent, there is a dead loss on this head, we
g are informed, of jE15,000.”
Marshal Vallee is still active in carrying out
his measures for the occupation of the new ter
( ritory ceded to the French by Abdel Kader.
J Halil Pacha, the commander in chief of the
l’ Turkish forces, has been deprived of his com
mand for altenrpting to dissuade the Sultan
j from going to war with Mehcmet Aly of Egypt.
An approaching rupture between Turkey and
Egypt is looked upon as inevitable, and the irn
penal arsenals exhibit the greatest degree of ac-
L tivi,y
, Spain. —A loan of 500 millioms of reals, on
the security of tlie Quicksilver mines of Alrna
den, lias been negotiated with the house of Agu
, ado by the Government, An attack on Vera, a
fortified town on tbe Bidasso, in the province of
, Navarre, was contemplated by Gen. O’Donnell,
who had been foiled in a previous attempt to
e make himself master of that place, and of a
j large quantity of clothing, food, and ainunilion
sent there from France.
e A case before the Court of Cassation at Paris
Q creates much interest. It is an appeal of the
Attorney General of that Court, who is Presi
, dent Dupin, of the Chamber, against the deci
sion of a court royal, that protestants could as
j semble without the permission of the local au
c thorities. M. Dupin made a brilliant speech,
and Lord Brougham was seated near him.
London, April 9— City, twelve o'clock. —Consols
; s are 93« to 1 for money, and 931 to i for the May
l * Account. Exchequer Bills are 64 to 66 premium,
l - and Bank Stock 2051 to 2061 ex-dividend. Mexi
r can, 277 to 281, and Peruvian 201 to 211.
y _ Two o'clock. —The different Securities have not
h varied.
[From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday, April 7.]
The Trade of Leeds. —Business has been dull in
the ware houses daring the week; but a little im
provement is expected, as a number of buyer# have
A arrived in the town within the last day or two.
g Huddersfield Market, April 3.—Fancy woolens
e and light fancy goods were most in request, and
e brought best prices. Plain w'oollens are not in
great demand. The prospect of an active spring
trade is at an end. In wools there was not much
doing.
Bradford Market, April s.—But little business
“ has been done in tlie yarn market to-day, and that
*- at lowerprioes. Under these circumstances spin
»- ners are determined to curtail their production.
e Halifax Market, April 7.—There is very little
business doing in stuff; prices have still a tendency
downward. The yarn trade is dull—no demand—
prices lower. There have not been many transac
tions in wool to-day.
! > Rochdale Flannel Market, April 2.—Again we
have had a very dull market; the buyers are deter
i- mined not to purchase, except at reduced prices,
t and the manufacturers in general are holding their
goods, rather than submit to the prices offered.
Wakefield Wool Market, April 6—We have to
notice a belter inquiry and more sales passing; we
cannot look for any farther decline in the price of
? wool.
[From the N. O. Picayune. May 9.]
LATEST FROM TEXAS.
e The schr. Henry, Capt. Long, arrived yester
day evening, from Galveston, whence she sailed
t on the 3d inst. The Henry was 36 hours in run
ning from Galveston to the bar.
By this arrival we have a copy of the Houston
Telegraph of the 28th ult.
The bill authorizing the President to negoci
ate a loan of five millions of dollars passed its se
. coud reading in the Senate on the 25th ult., and
g was engrossed fora third reading,
s On the 23d, a preamble and resolution were
f presented to the House by Mr. Jones, of Brazo
t ria, similar to that presented to the Senate by
!, Mr. Everitt, proposing to withdraw the petition
r for annexation. The resolution passed a first
. reading.
We have no proceedings of the House later
, than the 23d.
A company of one hundred Cumanches re.
. cently came to Bastrop with a great quantity of
i peltries, and appeard rejoiced at the thoughts of
i opening a trade with the Texians.
f From every thing vve could see in a hurried
3 glance over the Telegraph, we conclude that our
i neighbors are getting along bravely. The pas
- sage of the loan bill will cause Texas money to
r spring up like a grasshopper.
i .....
3 MR. CORREA DA COSTA offers his ser
t vices (gratuitously) to the Editors of the different
Journals in this City, in translating extracts from
French, Spanish, and Italian Journals.
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GOODS manufactured at the Vaucluse Manufac
" tory, can be supplied by calling at the store of
f Messrs. Clarke, McTeirtCo. at Factory prices,
. and all orders left at said store will meet with
. prompt attention. 77 Jan. 23
BANK REPORT.
BANK OF DARIEN.
April 19th, 1838.
To his Excellency Gkorge R. Gilmer,
Governor, &c., MiUedgeville.
Sir: —Herewith I have the honor to hand you,
the semi-annual report of the Bank of Darien and
Branches, as required by the Legislature. Permit
me to remark to your Excellency, that the large
amount of paper returned under protest, and in
suit, arises from the fact, of transferring all of the
old debts due to the MiUedgeville office, to the of
fice at Macon, with the hope of a more speedy
settlement, and which I believe will be in a great
measure realized.
1 have the honor to be, very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
ALEXANDER MITCHELLy Pres.
Consolidated Report of the state and condition of
the Bank of Darien and its Branches, on Mon
day, April 2d, 1838.
Dr,
To Bank Notes issued, 1,152,808
On hand, 539,894
In circulation, 612,914
“ Capital Stock paid in, 651,050
Am’t redeemed, 147,095 —503,955
“ Dividends unclaimed, 3,657 90
“ Monies on deposit, 94,063 04
“ Amount due to other Banks, 147,631 77
“ Balance of reserved
fund, after deducting
all losses, deprecia
tion of real estate, &
all expenses to date, 50,102 86
$1,412,324 57
Cr.
By Cash balance, composed of
Gold, $59,019 74
Silver, 67,110 35—126,130 09
Bills of other Banks, 76,531 00 -202,661 09
“ Amount due by other Banks, 60,481 33
“ Amount due by agents, 11,432 57
“ Bills of exchange, 213,259 23
“ Notes discounted, deducting all
considered bad, 825,494 22
“ Real estate, deducting estimated
depreciation, 97,762 99
“ Protest account, 1,233 12
$1,412,324 57
ALEXANDER MITCHELL, Pres.
EBEN. S. REES, Cashier.
Statement of Bills of Exchange, and Notes dis
counted at the Bank of Darien and Branches—
showing the amount considered bad, doubtful
and good—also, amount under protest, in suit,
and running, on Monday, April 2d, 1838.
Am’t. of bills of exchange discounted, $213,259 23
Amount doubtful, 30,180
Good, 183,079 23—213,239 23
Amount under protest, 16,132 37
In suit, 35,700
Running, 161,426 86—213,259 23
Amount of Notes discounted, 881,469 79
Amount considered bad, 55,975 57
Doubtful, 56,457 56
Good, 769,036 66—825,494 22—881,469 79
Amount under protest, 68,051 46
In suit, 364,9 i 5 9S
* Running, 548,482 35—881,469 79
LIST OF INDIVIDUAL STOCKIIOLDF.RS IN fttE BANK
OF DARIEN, ON MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1838.
Names. No. sh’». Ain’t p’d in.
Atwood, Henry 145 9,425
Atkinson, Geo., estate 4 260
Butler, M. K , trustee 5 325
Bead & Rainey, 6 390
Bostick, Ann 10 650
Bowen, Horatio 22 1,430
Bugg, S. A. 100 6,500
Cessna, K. Green 15 975
Cooke, A. B. 25 1,625
Cooke, V\ illiam 46 2,340
Chapman, J. H. 15 975
Collier, John 6 390
Champion, A. 50 3,250
Dean, Benjamin 8 520
Delamotta, Jacob, jr. 18 1,170
Duncan, William 50 3,250
Ely, diaries 15 <975
Field, J. D. 15 975
Forsyth, John 111 7,215
Flournoy, J. J. 45 2,925
Green, A. H. 25 1,625
Gibson, Patrick, estate 68 4,420
Harris, S. L. W. 11 715
Harris, S. L. W., Cash. 97 6,305
Henry, J. P. 100 6,500
Hand, B. E. 4 260
Harper, J. & W. 50 3,250
Jennings, Thomas J. 10 650
Jackson, R. B. 50 3,250
King, R. &W. & Co. 130 16,000
Kennan. M. J. 10 650
King, William 8 520
King. Ralph 2 230
King, R. jr. 2 230
King, R & W. 5 325
Kimberly, Anson 142 9,230
Liddle, .fames 15 975
Lamar, H G. 15 975
McKer, W. B. 20 1,300
McConnel, Ely 15 975
Mitchel, Alexander 17 1,105
Mitchel, Henry 10 650
McDonald, J. C. 15 975
Muir, E. L. 2 130
Muir, M. W. 2 130
Muir, J. W. 3 195
Marshall, James, Cash. 110 7,150
Mclntosh Academy 14 910
Nicols, Alexander Y. 20 1,300
Napier, Thomas 15 975
Pense, Thomas, trustee 10 650
Palmer, Samuel 25 1,625
Paddelford, Fay & Co. 70 4,550
Poe, William 63 4,095
Patrick, A. P. 16 1,040
Penfield, Jostah, estate 65 4,225
Parkman, S. B. 131 8,515
Roll, Luther 15 975
Reid, Elias 100 6,500
Rogers, George T. 15 975
Stone, Jeremiah 50 3,250
Stubbs, Thomas B. 10 650
Sneed, A. H. 5 325
Troup, James 68 4,420
Taylor, Thomas 75 4,875
Taylor, Hugh, estate 48 3,120
Wofford, W.B. 15 975
Woolsey, W. W. 20 1,300
Walton, Robert 100 6,500
Williams, Rutherford,
Executor 15 975
Williams, R. F. 4 260
Wood, Jacob 15 975
Yonge, Philip R. 14 910
Central Bank State of
Georgia, 5,000 325,000
Bank Darien, 2,263 147,095
10,000 651,050
STATE OF GEORGIA, Mclntosh County.
Personally appeared before me, Samuel Palmer,
one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of said coun
ty, Alexander Mitchell, President, and Ebenezer S.
Rees, Cashier of the Bank of Darien, who being du
ly sworn, depose and say, that the foregoing state
ment exhibit a correct view of the state and con
dition of the said Bank of Darien and its Branches,
with the list of stockholders, on Monday, the 2d
day of April, 1838, to the best of their knowledge
and belief. ALEX. MITCHELL, President.
EBEN. S. REES, Cashier.
Sworn to before me, this 19lh April, 1838.
SAMUEL PALMER, j. i. c. m. c.
WESTERN BANK OF ROME MO
NEY taken at par for GOODS.
E. D. COOKE,
May 10 123 No. 197 Broad-street.
W ANTED TO HIKE—A smart active
GIRL, about 13 or 14 years of age, to mind
a child. Apply at this office. April 28
ANTED TO HIRE.—A negro WO
MAN, a good Cook, Washer and Ironer,
for which, liberal wages will be given. Enquire
at this office. 120 May 3
AUGUSTA,GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1838.
{Kr We have been requested by several of our
political friends, to keep standing in our columns
the Congressional Ticket adopted by the Union
Convention recently held at MiUedgeville. For
reasons which must appear obvious, we shall wait,
before we comply with the request, for the an
swers which will no doubt be made by the candi
dates selected, to the committee appointed to in
form them of their nomination, and ask of them an
expression of their approbation of the pnaeipleff
and views of the Union Party, as set forth in the
resolutions adopted by the Convention. Knowing
the candidates as we do, we believe that explicit
and categorical answers will be given by them.
The Governor of South Carolina has issued’
his proclamation convening both branees of the
Legislature of that state at Columbia, on the 2;tfr
inst.
JKr Some nine or ten companies United States
Troops passed through this city on Sunday last, on
their way to the Cherokee nation.
\\ e learn, (says the Charleston Courier,) from ar
passenger in the steamer Poinsett, from Black*
Creek, via Savannah, that about 330 Indians had'
gone in at Gen. Taylor’s Camp, with Alligator and
Coacoochee at their head. Five Companies of the
4th Regiment of U. S. Artillery, arrived at Savan
nah on Saturday last, and proceeded immediately
to the Cherokee Country. Two companies left tl.#'
day previous,. nd two more would leave in a few
days.
The Doylestown, Pa. Democrat speaks in flat
tering terras ofthe prospects of a good wheat crop
in that vicinity.
A resolution has unanimously passed the City
Council of Baltimore, requesting the Mayor to call
ward meetings ofthe citizens to take measures for
the relief of the sufferers by the late fire in Charles
ton.
I pvvards of two hundred passengers sailed from
New York for England, during the first week ofthe
present month.
The N. Y. Express says“ Advices from Phila
delphia state that the banks there will not, at the
- present period, name any day when they will re-
I lame specie payments.”
»
The Nashville Whig sates that ex-Governor Rttn
_ nels has been appointed President of the Union
Bank of Mississippi, with a salary of SIO,OOO a year,
5 and Col. SamuelGwinn, cashier, with a like salary.
The Yew York Journal of Commerce, 2d edition
of Tuesday, 2, P. M. says that two millions of coin,
) or thereabouts, were taken from Wall street that
morning for Philadelphia, for the use and benefit
} the Pennsylvania Bank of the United States.
This money was not drawn from any of the Banks.
j It is stated in the Philadelphia Commercial List,
. that the Reliance Transportation Line between
that city and Pittsburg have several Iron Cana!
boats in use. These boats are built in two or three
* divisions, connected when in the canal and separa
ted when on the railroad, each division answering
instead of a car, so that goods loaded in Philadel
phia, are not transhipped until they reach Pittsburg.
The steam ship Great Western, left New York
about 2 o’clock, P. M. on Monday, 7th inst. with
seventy to eighty passengers. She was accom
panied to sea by a fleet of New York steamboats.
The New \ ork Courier says, that a company is
now forming at Liverpool with a capital 0f£500,000
to build steamboats to run between Liverpool and
New York.
The Sirius, it is intended, shall make two more
voyages to New York, when the British Queen,
building by the British and American steam navi
gation company, will be ready to take her place.
In an article in the Leeds, fEng.) Mercury of
April 8, which represents the woollen trade to he
in a very drooping state, the following allusion is
made to the probability that an importationof wheat
will be required in England in consequence of a de
ficiency in the last crop :
We have another fact, or what is conjectured to
be a fact, to notice as bearing on the quotation of
prices. The agriculturalists are anticipating the
necessity of an importation of foreign wheat before
the next harvest. The produce of the last, is said
to be deficient. If so, w e may calculate on raising
quotations for grain, and this alone will limit the de
mand for manufactured goods, and although ulti
mately any importation of corn must be paid for
by British goods, yet immediately, gold will go out
in payment, and that will tend to a contraction of
the currency, and its concomitants—difficult in
procuring discounts, and falling prices.
Bj»NK DIVIDENDS.
The New York Commercial Advertiser, of4tb
inst. says:—“The bank dividends, payable by the
middle ofthis month, amount to $1,240,720—this
will be a very seasonable relief, particularly to nu
merous widows, whose chief dependence is upon
stock in our several institutions.”
MISSISSIPPI.
The Columbus (Miss ) Democrat, of the sth inst.
contains returns from thirty-two counties, from
which it appears that Prentiss has 10,272 votes,
Ward 9,700, Claiborne 9,291, and Davis 9,001. The
counties to be heard from gave at the last July
election, for Claiborne 1,711, Gholson 1,516, Pren
tiss 953, Acee 782 votes.
REMARKABLE ELECTION.
Two or three weeks ago an election was held for
Warden of Columbia, and B. Hart received 99
votes, and B. Riley 99. Another election was
held on Tuesday, Bth inst, when B. Hart received
143 votes, and B. Riley 143. Another attempt at a
decision has to be made.
Intermarrying, with a vengeance. — A correspon
dent writes us that a Mr. Williams, of Doncaster,
York county, England, had two daughters by his
first wife, who was deceased. The elder daughter
married Mr. John Wiley, the son, and the younger
daughter married Mr. John Wiley, the father, a
widower. The elder Wiley had a daughter by his
first wife, whom old Mr. Williams married, and by
her had a son; —therefore, the elder Wiley’s wife
could say, my father is my son, and I am my moth
er’s mother, my sister is my daughter, and I am
grandmother to my brother. This beats all.
METEORIC SHOWER.
The Knoxville, Ten. Register states that the me
teoric phenomenon which occurred on the night of
the 13th November, 1833, to the general astonish
ment, and in some instances to the great consterna
tion of the uninformed, was again witnessed at that
place on the night of the 20th April. The Register
states that the periodical return of the phenomenon
was expected, by Professor Wright, of that place,
who kept a strict watch, during the night, from the
observatory on College Hill, and has made the fol
lowing report of his observations:
Since the very remarkable Meteoric Phenome
non which was observed throughout the United
States on the morning of the 13th November, 1833
the attention of many has been drawn to notice
similar phenomena which have occurred, to ascer
tain, if possible, their cause, origin, and the laws by
which they are governed. To such it may not be
uninteresting to know, that on the night of the 20th
of April, instant, between the hours of 10 and 4 of
the morning, 154 meteors were counted by two ob
ervers stationed on the College Hill. Some wsre