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CIIUIBTMABB M.JSIN'GS,
Annin we creil lbs merry ('lirMinnn morn,
Besson when all, e’en s»l>er, wi»e mditurn,
Kelax into n bland and rcii'i*! (mile,
And merriment reigns undisputed queen
*IJ pon lli ik hallowed carnival ofheaiU.
Meiry ’ti« called, but chastened joy befiu
This nacrcd and momenlousjubiiee.
Sweetly iliih holy day amilea on our world,
For«wee ly it minds m, Holy Father,
Ol thy love to tia, and within oui heart#
Awalioa the deep thrill of gralulahon.
Thy rich L>lp»siri({i< elude 1 thick around ik,
The goldi n fiuiti of peace, and love, and hopo,
And many a iwcet, unheeded (lower
Blooms, in modesty, along onr pathway.
Which wo would cull with sacred lliaiiltfulnca#.
This hsllowcd day we’d count thy merries o’er,
And think and (eel how blessed we are. Health,
friends,
Love, hope,inward peace arc onr rich lieaaures.
The varying face of nature still can charm,
Whether she laugh in blooms, or, as of Isle,
Career sublimely forth in clouds anil s onus,
And speaks (iud's power into a (celdo world.
Life's ties and chequered scenes are fraught
with good,
W« greet the face us man, which cheers our w»y;
With sweet companionship, anil find a joy
Holy, sweet and pure in //< > coiniiuunl of love,
Whose love lids day the nations celebrate.
And ah! me think 1 hear the ransomed ihiol.’g
On high, swelling llivii hymns of holy joy
To him, whose love shone foilh in Bethlehem's
bur;
That star, whoso cheering beams illumed their
way
'through the long night of sin, and doubt, and
gloom,
And lured them to the world of light and love
Augusta, Die.2B. U, M. 8.
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[COMMIT* ICITKI).]
WK. CLAY AM) THK ABULITIOMSTfi.
Ml Mil EH 11.
I used to think that ns milch ol tint true
spirit ol '7O poi vailed llic southern stales, ns
was to bn found in any oilier suction ol the
country ot tho saina extent. That our Nor- 1
them and Kas'orn brethern had Iho ndvun- 1
lagu'ofus in shrewdness and liirecusl, I at
ways believed; hut that they were more awn
native upon pointa ot honor, and more daring
■in defending their rights limn dm people ot
tho South, 1 did not believe. But lam now
hall persuaded, llml they have the advantage
of ns hero tno.
When they considered themselves wronged
by General Jackson, they hold meetings by
scores and hundreds —they lorwariled wpiru
od remonstrances—sent off committees to
h.-m to demand redress—;lnnoinicod him— 1
■abused him—and sumo even went so far as to 1
speak of open resistance to luh aullioriiy.
When the abolitionists were openly resis
ted by their own neighbors anil countrymen;
thoir friends rallied to their aid, and made
common causu with them, and soon bore
down all opposition at home.
Not long ago one of tins incendiary gang
resolved to establish an abolition press in a
vinvo-hoiclmg' slate, 'i'|,o citizens of flic
place which he selected for Ins operations,
remonsirated with him; lint ho wav unyield- j
ing, and they had no alternalivo but to des
troy tho press; tho owner tired upon them,
killed one or two, mid wus himself killed in (
return. '
The people of the norlli Jo not pass silent- r
ly over tins matter; they are holding 1. ect- 1
ings upon it, and Heading forth strong and !
inflammatory resolutions from these meetings- 1
Texas petitions to become a member ol 1
our confederacy. Texas would give strength 1
to the South and enlarge tho field ol slavery.
The North sees this, and with her accu«iom>
od zeal for her interests, she tleods Congress
with politic us anil remonstrances agnnsi ihe
admission of Texas into tho Union. An 1
Mr. Adams tells us that if the overtures ol
Texas bo not rejected, the Union will be die. (
■solved. It is worthy of notice that w hen he I
■nude tins remark, none ol his collevgu. x re
'buked him. Had he made 11 in the Senate 1 1
thav* no idea that even Mr. Clay’s nerves
'would have been affected by it.
How lias it been with the people ol ,lhs
'"South'?
'For about sixteen years they were taxed
almost to beggary, in order to sustain North
■ern maiuitnclorn s; and I am satisfied, that in
'the whole time not ten remonstrances, nor 1
fiv* petitions wore sent to Congress from the
■Southern States against lies measure.
About four years ago the abolitionists be
,gan 10 assume mi alarming position, ami
from that time to this, their-p etensums have
become more and more n'liumiiig. O,c
would suppose (hat if any thing won d dispel
the apathy of the South it would be tins.—
Not so, however. IT mm single meet mg lus
been held between the I’oinmac ami ike Sa
bine, to counteract tne designs of these in
famous fanatics, I have not heird of it. At
tins moment they are driving nil business'
troin Cong-uss, distracting that body, demand,
mg audience when they have been heard
and answered over and over again, and ac
tually vindicating resolutions from Vermont,
which over the right of Con ross in pin our
slaves to the soil which they novv cultivate;
and yet not an indignant voice is heard from
the South, our papers hardly n ,;ico these
Bungs—they pass over them us common
topics, and onr peop 0 discuss them as iheyt
do the prices current.
Texas prays to be admitted into tho Union.
Gan any Southern man tell why she should
not be’ Whatever may be her character she
is ot onr own begetting. She is literally
bone of our bone and ties lof our fl sb. Sue
lias achieved her independence hy a brilliancy
of exploit, to which the annals ot the Ameri
can revolution fnrtrsh no paraHri. Sbc of
«»
for* to us gfatuituously ao immense terniory,'
for which n litllo «vh Ic ago wo would chee
lii ly given millions—(dm i.lfora ns strength
where vve most need at mi.nl-; and our peo
ple are daily purchasing and s* • t ngher do
main in numbura meiilctuible. All (he
claims of friendship, nil the motives of inter
est, and nil the due* of courtesy, conspire to
make u« g.vu her a heart.v/ann welcome to
tho coofcderai y. Hut if a sirvglo meeting
lias »( oken to her an uncoil,-tiring word, or
a 8 nglo petition has gone to Congress in
her Leliulf, lam not apprised of it. Against
her the whole North raises its voice, and it
does bo because blic tolerates ilavery —a rea.
non which in itself is a direct insult to every
slave holding stale. Hut our goaded honor,
con no more extort a word frem us, than our
most urgent interests. Is there no Demon
thciica in the land, to muss these self-dcs
troy mg Athenians SOUTH RON.
(JIIUUNICLIi AND SENTINHL
AiimixT i.
Saturday Mantin;* Jaa> c>.
"Ths Old Commodore,*’ hy iU« author of I
“ Rat tin the Reefer,” is the title of a work of two j
volumes, issued from the press of Carey, Leal
&. litauchiird, of Philadelphia,—lB37— just re-j
ecived mid for sa'e hy Richards it ©toy. VVe j
h.i»c not had lime to peruse the copy laid on our
liililm, hut hive heard it well spoken of hy sotns
of (lie lovers of fiction whoso I .inure to examine
such works is greater than ours.
SHERWOOU’B EAZETTEER.
A copy of ihe lan Edition ol this very vaiua
h!c, convenient arid'uscful woik, issued hut re
cently I uni (he picas, has heen laid on our tnhle,
by Messrs. Turpin and D’Antigiiac, at whoso
siore they are to ho found for sale. Wo find upon
• examination, many additions ami irnpiovcmenta
upon the first work published hy the author, and
ih also accompanied will, a handsome Map of the
Hinie. it m a hook which every man desirous of
having a correct knowledge of the dinursiits parts
ot the .Stale should have always within his roach.
We an glad to learn that an attempt now ma
king to laisc and organize an Artillery corps in
tlris* city is likely to ho successful. It is propo
sed in the event of n sufficient number being
procured to constitute t e corps, to pcti’ion the
Elly Council to purchase two brass field pieces
a four and six pounder. The Council wo pre
sume would cheerfully comply, and in doing so
w o doubt not that they would hut respond to die
wishes of the community.
Those disposed to join such a company are
requested to see Col. W. T. Could or E. Staines
thin morning before 10 o'clock.
Unpt. Lawrence Kearney has publicly contra
dicted the report that he had heen appointed to tho
command ul the exploring expedition,
J ho sehr, Comanche, from Mai aurorae, arriv
ed at New Orleans, on tho 81st ultimo, bringing
5t40,11 Din specie.
i ho Small pox has made dreadful-havoc among
die Manikin Indians. A gentleman belonging to
the 11udson’s Hay Fur Company, who recently
passed through their villagn, reports that of this
inliß, which some time ago numbered three thous
and muds, only twelve or fourteen aro now left-
I he disease is also said to kc raging among the
Black Feet tribe.
Key West Wiiei-kuus—A correspondent ,
ol the New York Journal of Commerce, wril
mg Rom Key West, status that in 183(5 the
salvage deemed to wreckers for aiding or
waving vessels and cargoes wrecked, was
8183,706. During tho year 1837, the n
mount decreed was 898,020. The wrecking
butdnoss is stud to ho completely overdone,
nUbrdmg, us it does, hula very small profit
for the capital and labor employed in it.
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To the City Council of .lugusta
Understanding ibis morning that the oflieo of
Clerk of lbs Market and Siipcriotendnnt of the
Hay and Fodder Scales will ho contested by sev
eral candidates at the approaching oloedou, I have
been nnhieed to request that the City Council
may re-elect the present incumhenj. (Mr. Mere
dith, E»qJ as 1 am fully convinced that it will
meet die general wish ot the country people.
ONE FROM THE COUNTRY,
January full, 1838.
Horn the Constitutionalist.
BTuUK OF COTTON.
/»* .lugusia and Hamburg on the Isr inst.
1837-8 1836-7.
In Augusta, 21.633 17,070
Hamburg, 3,769 2,283
Tola! stock. 58,203 19,359
tmii’MEN i s of cur t on,
From Augusta and Hamburg to Savannah anti j
Charleston, from Ist Del. to ] st inst
1838. 1837.
From Ist to 31st Dec.
To Savannah, 21.489 15,176
Charleston, hy boats. 2,557 1,999
by Rail Road, 2.859 1,340
89 905 18,511
slop'd Im Ist Oct to Ist l)cc. 58.845 65,311
Total shipments, 88 550 83,835
KEt Ell’ i OF COTTON.
.Ht Augusta if Hamburg,fin la/ Oct to Istinet.
1837-8. lt-36-7.
©lock on band Ist inst, 28,293 19,359
©hipped from let Oct to Ist
instant, 88 750 83 835
117,043 103,181
Deduct slock on hand Ist
instaal, 19,528 3 390
I Total Receipts, 97,514 99,794
From the Satvnwih Georgian, Jan 4
FROM FLORIDA.
13 y the onival yesterday of the steamer Ocmnh
gee. t'ii|U, 131 mke ship; we learn dial a l»i;er w n
received Ih* re on Saturday from an olfieer of th • nr
my stating that Jen. Jessup had had a skirmish
with a small parly of Indians, in w hhe killed
live and captured nine prisoners. An ollicer ol
die army, we regret to add, received two wounds
one a' no bis knee, which may, it is thought, ten
dcr amputation necessary. It is said that S«m
' Jones and hi* follower* have retreated ;o iho shrd-
I ter of the large Cypres* tttfamp, which is almost
; impenetrable.
I hern is also a rumor tlmt two chief* had infor
med lien. Jessup tltot the Cherokee deputation
had deceived them, and that the chief* bad been
informed that it they i eld out the year, that Con
gress would not appropriate funds thi* session,
and they would consequently remain. The
steamer Poinsett tell St. Augustine on Saturday
la»t for Charleston, with Micarmppy, Oiccla, and
nl I the elite Is ant Iml inis,
( ANAD AN A fFAIRS.
W derive the fslio a in/ guminury from the
Now York .Sior ul January 1.
The Patriots about In recommence the War.
—Gen. Vnn Renm-ulaur tli hm force, esti
mated now at cKK) men, was expected to cross
over to the British side in a day or two, and
attack the forces tinder Sir Francis Head.
Two spies have been arrested at Navy Island
and put to hard work. Guv. Hoad lias retir
ed from Chippewa to Hamilton—Three pieces
of ordnance two belonging to the State and
one to the U. Slates have been taken from
i Roche ter lor the padrone. Mr. Jesse Loyd,
for whom a reward of 501)1 was offered, lias
arrived at Navy Island from down I tie lake
in an open boat. Also Mrs. KcKenz e has
arrived hy leave of Gov Head, (July three
volunteers offered to Governor Head lo go
over to Navy Island. Tnc Governor went
| off in a rago There are only 500 British
j troops between Fort Er e and Niagara.
7’iify have now 10 or Id pieces of artillery
on the Island and one moitar. Ammunition
abundant. Bomb shells Iroin the British ride
1 would be ol no avail, us the Island is covered
.villi it douse wood. Distance across the riv
er Imll'a mile—To the above particulars from
ih Rochester Democrat of Monday, we add
this: All concur*,jn saying tat hundreds
now under arms mno g u,e royalists are on y
willing an opportunity to ho si the patriot
standard.
No crossing the Niagara river was permit
ted on Finlay or Saturday. VVc understand j
unit the attorney of die Northern Dsirici
will demand that tins order Gy counterman
ded.
■lmportantfrom Upper Canada — American.
Volunteers. — I'lie Jiulfdo Journal ol me 20 n
says, it is proposed hy somu pors ms there,
dial tne U. iS. M irnhai shall prevent provisions
and clothing being sent over to the I’atnois
at Navy Island. Tins starving them out by
Americans is not approved ol hy the people
there.
The patriot army has received strong rein
forcements ol volunteers and abundant sup
plies ol provisions. A salute ol 28 gums was
tired from Navy Island on (Jhrisimus Day—
j one for each State and two for Canada.—This
| salute was on die reception hy scows and
boats ol u l i r ge body of volunteers from Koch
ester, m our ISiale—each man completely
armed and equipped.
All the lam lien on die Canadian (ronlier
between Queoiiston and Fort Erie, have lelt
or are preparing to leave. The Buffalo Jour
nal says:
“Many have crossed to this city. The
principal houses or taverns have been taken
tor die use of the royal militia, and the gen
era! supposition is dial m a very short tune
hostilities will commence.’’
The executive cummntee. on Canada affa.rs
nl I) iffaln, had a meeting .lie 25 li and after
sta'iug iln', rumors were in circulat.on of on
intention on the part of the Canada royalists,
to make an attack on Buffalo, in revenge for
the sympathy of that city for the parlrio's,
I hey resolved to raise and equip immediately
a corps of 100 men, to defend the nemrali
ly of the place against the Royal,sis, and that
the services of said crops be tendered lo the
Common Council.
The U S. Mai elm!,Mr. Garrow, has issued
a proclamation dated Dec. 2.'3, address
ed lotho citizens on that frontier, and calling
dieir Hllenlnm to the act ol Congress of
April “0 1818, the provisions of winch,
touching the violation, of neutrality, he shall, *
according lotho instructions he. has received, j
fully onfoice.
LOWER CANADA.
The Montreal Courier of the 25th says
loyal adresses are now pouring in from every
quarter,and the entire mass of citizens, and
especially all those of Anglo Saxon blond,
(American and English) are under arms, in
the lale disturbed districts, lo put down the
revolution.
Peter O. P. Smy vesaot, Esq. New York, gen
erously gave a donation of $5OOO lo the Society
for the relief of aged and respectable widows.
)S« i:\ S l> S4i;v* MAIL.
[rnini oca coiiUKseoNDK-ir.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8, 1833.
In I he. House of Representatives, die resolution
offered by Col. Dawson of Georgia, calling on the
Secretary of War for information in relation lo
the condition of the Cherokee Indiana, and the
probability of the tiealy passed hy the last Con
gress, being earned into effect, was I alien up to
day ; and gave rise to an animated, but some
what desultory conversation. Mr. Wise took
occasion lo comment in severe let ins, on the con
| duct of the General Government, am! pronounced
the treaty lo bo no treaty ai all, inasmuch as it
had not hoen acceded to hy the Chorokees. Mr. I
Hulsey replied with some warm'll to the allusions
of Mr. Wise; and seemed to suppose (bat the
latter hod referred, in reprobation, to the rout so
ol Georgia. 1 did nol so understand Mr. Wise
He certainly paid some high compliments to the j
! character oi iho - horokces in general, and some j
iol the more distinguished men among them in |
! particular; hut he made no comparison of an in- i
I vulious charae or between them and the people ol !
Georgia. Mr. Ilolsey, therefore, appeared lo me. j
\ to tepel an a lack which was not made.
.Mr. V\ isc, in reply, disclaimed having made
■ any relleclion upon ibo course of Georgia—on Iho
| conlraiy, he had paid a compliment to the peo.
| pie ol that Stale. But, at the same time, he did
eulogize in high terms, the character mid conduct
of the Cherokees; and thought it was no refloo
j lion upon any man or sol of men, to say that they
| were no betier than such a man as John Ross,
j and o her Cherokee* like him.
Mr. Glascoik urged roe adoption of the rcsolu
i lion, in a very animated manner.
! Mr. Dawson, in reference to the re narks of
I Mr. Ilolsey, sard ho had not understood that Mr
; Wise had made any attack upon Georgia, lie
| tune his testimony also, to lire character of the
| Cherokees, as the most enlightened, and most
i moral tribe of Indians in the Cnion. He depie
: caicd the introduction of topic* unconnected with
i the objects ol hi* resolution; and urged its adop
! lion as necessary to give the people of Georgia,
ami i f the whole country, the information on
rhissubject, which they ought to possess
Mr. Everett of Vermont, said he wai willing
| that the resolution should lie adopted—but he
ivirht d the inquiry to (50 farther ihSn nai propoa
ed. The resolution c.f Mr. Dawson, ha Slid
1 might edicit all the people of Georgia wanted to
know, in regard tt. the mode of executing the
treaty : but he wanted to know also whether
it ought to he executed at all? He, therefore,
I moved on' amendment, to request the President
to communicate all the correspondence that hnd
taken place in reference to thu negotiation with
the Cherokees. He said his purpose was to as
certain whether the treaty had received the vane,
than 11 that nation Mr. Everett loot occasion
to refer to the treaty, and the ci.cumslnnces under
which it had been entered into. Ho denounced
it as covering the Government with infamy, from
which this House ought to shield the country.
Mr. Wise made uome rcrnaiks in a strain
somewhat similar—but not so excited. He said
du re was not a constitutional lawj er in lire
who had examined the documents, that would
say the 'Chcrokces had ratified the treaty, Ho
would bo willing to leave the question to the
member* from Georgia, and said lie was convinc
ed that they would not bold it as a treaty. The
treaty, lie considered, was most oppressive and
fraudulent,
Mr. Dawson again deprecated the introduction
of these irrelevant topics; and asked -Mr. E. to
wididiaw his 'amendment. That member would
nit consent, however; and the question was then
taken. Mr. Everett’s amendment was rejected:
And Mr. Davvsou’s original resolution was subse
quently | ussed,
j Mr. Wise ottered a resolution fur proposing an
j aiiienhimml to the Constitution, so as to prohibit
I ’.he appointment o. members of Congress to of
fice. Upon this a most animated and inteiesling
j discussion arose ; which must he noticed in my
1 next, —11 not having heen closed at the time it
j was necessary to send off tills despatch.
In the Senate, the piincipal pail of thu sevsion
I was consumed in the reception and disposition of
j memorials and petitions ; and in private business.
M.
From the Arw Ur lean J lire, Dec. 21.
MEXICO.
Hy thu schooner Cuni.inche, arrived yes
terday from Matatnorus we Have received our
legmu. files from Maxicuup 10 too 12i.1i De
centner. There are no dentils concerning
j ilia pretended march of an army into Tex
j as. Hy our last advices the troops were sun
| in garrison in the city and no ruotoi existed
j ol an immediate exped lion.
A slignt eaftiiq lit u was felt in the city ol
I .Mexico, on tin aijiti Noveimier. ft lasted 5
{ ill.mites, and iho’ me tiliocli was greta; was
p Oiiuciive ui no serious injury. «
I'iie minister of me interior lias instructions
to the government ol Hie departments to em- [
ploy every means to suppress tlte abuses ex- j
tslnig in toe iluerty ul me piess—to prose
cute and punish all those who use tlte press us
a med.utit for eircu ating seditions principles
and disturbing the tranquility ol the cuuntry.
The Apaetics still continued to ravage the
country of Uinhuiliua. The uihaoitaius of
the village ul fJuejoliwn having learned these j
atiociles, assetniiled therr lorces, uud headed
oy Dr. Mentiir Kutz, a justice of the peace, |
went to meet llieui. The action was biuody
and protracted, but finally the Mexicans
j were overwhelmed hy numbers and compelled
to fly, leaving a lar_o tuuiuer of t.iUir forces
| dead upon the fie.d, s.inoiig others their cotn
-lin inner, tifi.lih.ifiy respectable .'it zoos; sete.al
! aero wounded of ah. cu some nave since ci. cJ.
I The stir'/ v.h'ssweur to avenge tlte ,os nftt.e.r
(M.nrades, mid nave applied to toe .perfect of
Hall za, Mr additional 'troops.
iVo other important Intelligence has t'rkn- \
stirred from the republic ol Mi x co.
A pet it I. in signed ny a large number of cit
zens of MiU.mioras, was addre.-sed to tlie
Ayuntamienlu of that city, to be by it pre- .
settled to the president, ot the repnb'ic. .
The pel .lion stales that a largo number of
citizens have long been passive spectators of
tbo political rnovem ots wnte'i have a lured
the country for the last three years but have!
nevertheless eo.itii.ued laithltil 111 their adhe- j
sniii to the government, because persuaded !
that a people car only be happy 10 obeying |
the decrees of Iho supremo power; though
1 hey may suffer individually by them; but !
that they are convinced that the majority of
the evils now existing are attributed to lira
institutions at present in force.
The petition continues by remarking that
though the signers constitute but a small por
t on in regard to locality and numerical val
ue, they do not forget that they tiro Mexicans
possessed of rights guaranteed to them by!
the laws, and that they unite their voices to
those ol their fellow citizens who have protes
ted agn nsl the decrees recently passed, which
form m effect the constitution of the country,
to demand their abolition and the restoration
of the federal government of 1824.
At the ni.mio.it that the petit ion was presented, 1
the army of die North, stationed at Mexico,c.rcu- I
hited a kind of manifesto hy way of expressing :
their indignation at the conduct of the malcon
tents, ami refusal to join them in demanding a j
chan aof government. In this publication, the j
| polrtioners are handled soveiely, termed miscre- j
anis, and their pre-ent conduct compa.cd with ihe I
agitations of 1833. The manifest closes hy in-j
1 vii jog all those friendly 10 the present system, to j
[ unite with them and march against Texas.; de
| olaring that to persist in efforts alter reform would
j bo to consummate the ruin of Mexico.
The army at.pears determined to maintain the
\ republic one anil indivisible, to preserve peace M
: the in.erior, and to make the texicax hobbers
1 rite tub oust. Such is their language.
Ij.iss Os 1H E VICKSBDRO & Iij.ACK Hawk
j —Sto imur V eksburg, Anler, from Vicasburg
■ !i Hind to New Orleans with 1577 ba'es cot
ton and 19 passengers Outlie morning of
the 29ib ult, 4 \. M, when about. 12 m. be
lt v Hit.in Rung ', sho was diseoeered to be
on fie and in twenty minutes was envoi.ip-
Iml in (line's. The passengers succeeded In
I reaching I lie short? w ill) a trilling loss of bait.
I gage. Too bii.it was burnt to the vva'er
edge and sunk, the 1 nitre cargolost, lllo’ be
lieved to be ensured;'bo boat >s insured in
his City lor §lO,OOO and § 10,000 in Vicks
burg.
Steamer Black Hawk, Taylor, from N.l
■li 7. h.mini l 1 Natchitoches, having.in ...aril
■ 800000 in specie belonging to; i e U 8
with several passengers, horses ami fre ght
.0 various articles; on (lie night of the 2S'..
' i]f. at. a short .iistanee above the mouth of
Red 1{ verm the Mississippi, burst her boiler
1 which blew off her upper works. The eu
r.neei titul p lot were instantly killed, several
.1 1: H's are missing, the exact ntrnfer no
1 ; known. 5 bully scalded, and others s g ;t|v
■I I’m? greater number of passengers rcchod
. j no ehon? in a Hit boat; about 875,009 spe
-1 . • e an I a part of the ca go have fecit gived,
i the hull of the boat lias sunk near the place
of accident,— V. O Bee,
-V
i Tut Tahiff. —Another reduction m tlie
e rats of duty imposed an articles imported
for foreign counties took rff:;:t yesterday,
j All ni tides solijc’ lto duty, either ;.d va lorem
!or specific, imported on and alter tlie Ist
’ i January, 1838, and paying m -r • loan twenty
! per cent, oh tit ir invoice cost, will be enti
r tied tti a reduction of thirty per cent, of tlie
excess on such tin y over and above twenty
per cent. —Baltimore American, Jan. 2.
] The new Kngo( 1J mover shows every
j inclinat’on to be us despotic as any autocrat
of them all, limited as his kingdom is. He
liuk issued a proclamation unnulmg the con
‘ ; stitutmn granted by hie broth r William 4th
i of England, in 1833, anti intimates his opm
r ion that the'Estates' ut the realm need only
I be convoked once in three years. 'J'lie next
step will be to declare that the representation
1 «f iheEstatea shall cease altogether, and thus
his sovereign will become the rule of conduct
i throughout his dominions.
t ... ksmk turn ut - jrv -s «M mu amwmrsmasaem*
BANK REPORT.
STATE OF THE HANK UK AUGUSTA,
On Tuesday 2d January, 1838.
Amount nt property owned by
Ibis Hank, viz :
Promissory .Notes, Bills of Ex
change, Kcui Estate, Stocks,
&c. $1,651,837 83
Balance due by oilier banks mid
agents, 103,524 S 3
Specie belonging to this Bank
in its vaulls, 205,266 75
do do in other hanks, 23,310
Total amount ofspecia, £228,6u0 73
Motes of other banks, 114,33173-313,141 50
Total amount owned by this Bank, 2,100,524 20
| A mount (Inn by ibis Bank, viz:
To persons bidding Us miles,
being the ani’l in circulat'd, 476,728 83
Balances due lo oilier Banks, 212,350 20
A mount due to Depositors, 151,021 05
Total am’t duo by this Bank 841,005 69
Surplus owned by this Bunk
alter paying all Us debts,
viz :
Undivided profits, 00,317 58
C apital Stock, 1,200,000
Total am't of Surplus, 1,250,517 53
2,100,524 26
ROBERT F. £OE, Pushier.
Uw.tiJl ERtllli.
HAVANA MARKET, DSC.2I
Sugars.—The exports of itie post month ‘from
llio iv\« ports were 2b74 I boxes, which, with the
shipments made this.month, have nearly exhaus
ted Hie slock ihat the quantity remaini-g is com
paraiively trifling, being e.>timated at less I turn 9
mil. boxes in ihc two places. I’lie first receipts ol
iho new crop will tberclorefind tl o m irKet barn of
oid Sugars. Present quotations am 74 oiid Ilia
84 uj2i rials,fmo descriptions Iroia Sjumlia 1J
j a ‘Ji i 134 rials, and holders firm
| Coffee—Owing lo jnercased demand, advanced
i materially since our last, Idtd lor itio p.i.-t few weeks
| hu been brisk at $9 2.0 a 10 20 for fair lo fine des-
I caption, and as high us I I a iU 1 50 his b*en paid
1 tor very choice parcels. ll) wever, hs supplies be
! gm to arrive inor* freely, weexp »ct Uio market will
! soon bo easier.
i ... .
illiiriiic liitrlliu'iu'e.
riAV.V V\ All, Jan. 4.—Cu-ai-Acl. slops » lia, Hueli-
I man, New iNuik; > huru ti a r I, Kozi. r, Livurpoo ; Lr
I I) . k Kmijjra i, Petrie Livirpoo.; hr brig London
Packet, M rvey, Dcinarara; schr Azora, Lciuolt, West
Indies.
Arrived, steamboats Fit ■ Trad.*. Crtssweii, Augusta;
Ocnnitgee, liianut u liip, l Augustine and Dane .
Cli.\UlOv'*' i , tL\, Jan. 5. Arriv d ytsUrday, i’ l bar
que C»t ii'. vii vt, I ignuiu ail, Point Pi tru, tiiu il.
i lean d, shin Knza Ciruiil, ill , Jiavn * br barque
Acadian, Au.d, Cri\enock; narque Vc mm, J’erkint, a iti
w,r . schr VV.ocity, JJrt w t üba; sUam packet Win
Sea brook, Dubois, .Savamudi.
Went rosea yt-suiadji U »steamer Poinsett, J n th n.
Baltimore. \
M l i«(K l ED.
On the evening ol ihc till iiisi. by iho Lev.
CaKin Danlorih Mr. Lawrence Shop, to Miss
Elizabeth Watson, both ot this city.
-V.—(-. «.•• .vvaieir*- - -’ w • Urtt*%*ar*i**
, OBITDAfU.
Died, in Columbia co. Ga of consumption. On
the dial Dec. 1837, Mr. James M. Face, aged a
little more than Iwenly twoyears. The writer
cf these lines knOwns it is common to praise the
dead, alid often ton, merely lo 'flalier the liviirg
But Irbin eight years iruitdie a ■.ju .i.itui) :e with
the young man jnsi mentioned ha knows h e
was nn obedient, respectful sen; an atfocli-mate
and kind brother: a sincere and benevolent friend.
But there remains a liule circle whose ties more
tender have been severed. The weeping wife and
fatherless daughter feels mote than all, that one
who was truly devoted and affectionate has been
taken from ‘'earths tumbles.” For three or fnr
years Mr. Pace’s mind bad been turned to t lie
subject of religion, and for some lime .previous lo
his death Jie-cxpreesed evidence of conversion and
a full hope of a happy immortality. A short
lime before his death tic became a number of the
j Methodist Church, blessed are the dead which
j died in the lord from henceforth; yea s.iilh the
spirit, that they may rest from their labours, and
their works do follow litem.
From the Norfolk Herald, Dec. 20.
Died, on Saturday night last Mr. Peter Single
ton, aged 3'3 years.
Descended from one of tlie oldest, wealthiest,
and most respectable families in our neighborhood,
ami left almost the sole possessor of the vast fam-
I ily estate, the subject of this notice found himself
! on the day when ihe law allowed him lo enter up
on it. n possession of a property w hich could not 1
jbe estimated far sho tol 5300,000. Unfortunate
| ly, though no hommon pains had been bestowed
| on his etluca ion, and be had manifested no deft
| cioocy of mind or derelict! an of principle, he was
| left to bis own inclinations and propensities,
! which led him to idle pleasures and dangerous
j courses and associations which laid the lounda
lion of his rniri. Ho was courted, Haltered, and
caressed by Ihe arlful and designing, who knew
bis weakness, and sought to lake advantage ol it.
It is needless to fitter into particulars. In two or
three years the rat e course arffl tlie gamingtable
swept his large o-la e, and left him a helpless de
pendant on a few friends; but habits of intempe
rance, which he It id acquired by bis associations
at the gaming table, and In which he now indul
ged to a greater excess than ever, lodrown the re
colic lion of the effects of his folly, soon Unfitted
him Ur any other society than that which is found
in the lowest resorts ofdiunkenness. We wocld
not unnecessarily wound any feeling of tilfinily
bul the lesson lie has left lo the rising generation,
to warn them against the snares and pitfalls
which beset their paths in the pursuit of vicious
pleasures, is too useful to be thrown away. On
Saturday he was conveyed by pii ate charity, in
a stale of itisen.-i ilily, to the almshouse, and the
same night his wretched existence was tennU
na'ed,
**.. HNlw>lw’3sirt» «75SB' W-ENi-iV*
AUGUSTA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,.
Committees appointed for Ihc present momli.
Committee. Division .Vo I.—Mr. P. H.
Mainz, Mr. John Knight, Mrs. Nancy Jones, Mrs.
■ Thomas Gardner.
Committee, J)ivision ,Ya. 2. D >ct. Paul F,
Eve, Mr. M. M. Brown, Mrs. Elizabeth Cole,
Mrs. Anna Maud S; >y.
Committee. Division .Vo. 3—Mr. Porter
Fleming. Mr. Martin Wilcox, Mrs. Uarna Me
inine. Mis. Ann Betrvhill.
All cases ot sickness an t distress please report
io them. M. M. BROWN, Secy pro tern.
dec 22 lm * 291 J
The Constitutionalist will please copy this.
>1 'ij NOTICE.—Thu Honorable the Superior
1 ■ Court, for Richmond County, will be adjourned
; from the Ist to the Bth of January, 1838. AH 1
, Jurors, witnesses, and others interested, will 1
[ 'eisc like notice. B\ order
Dec 23 J A M ES Me I, A Ws, Clerk._
(j^NOTICE. —An adjourned meet ng of the
Ptrm Owners in the “first Presbyterian Church in
Augusta,” will he held on Saturday next, Gth inst^.
lin the Church at 3 o’clock P. M. The ohj;ct of
theineeting is, to consider a resolution -which was
laid upon the table at the last meeting in relation
to the purchase of an Organ for the Church:—-
The Pcrvs belonging to the Trust, will ha of
fered for Sale or Jient at the same time, and will
bo disposed of to the highest bidder.
No preference can be given to former occu
pants ; unless they are willing to give as much
lor their pews as they will bring at public outcry. 1
A meeting of the Trustees, is requested to bo
held at the Lecture Room on Friday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, to elect a Chairman, Secretary and
Treasurer, Collector and Sexton—persons
ing the 100 latter ffices.ato requester) to hami
in their applications to me, previous to the meet- |
ng. WM. POE, Sec’v Pro-tem
jan 3 4t 1
OFFICE IRON STEAM BOAT COMP’T, ?
Augusta, Geo. 5
DIVIDEND NO. 4.
npilE Board of Directors, at their last meeting,
-■ have declared a dividend of (20) twenty per
canton lhe capital stockout, of the profits for the
past 12 months; payable to lha Stockholders, or
their log.il representatives, on and after Monday, !
the 15th day nl January Inst.
JAM IPS A. FAWNS, Scc’y. & Train.
Jan 0 _ 3t 4
. Vo! ire.
Office lron Steamboat Co. A ttirjieta, Ga.
* d/EETING o( the Stockholders of this Com
■"» pony, will ho held at the Company’s office,
on Monday, the sth day ol February next, to elect
twelve Directors to manage the affairs of the Com
pany for two vc month'' trom that date. The Poll
writ ''o opened from 3 to 5, P. M,
JAS A. FAWNS, Sec’y & Troas’r.
ji n 6 vvtd 4
” STEAMBOAT OFFICE,
SATAtt.vm, Jan. Ist, 1837.
Dl\ I Df.jVD No. 25 —The Board of Directors of
the St, arnboat Comprint of Georgia, have tills
day dor lared a Dividend of 813 per share, on the
shares of $lOll each, or $3l) per share, on the old
stock of 3300, out of the profits of the Cornpanyv
for twelve months past, which will ho paid to thr*-
stockholders er their legal representatives, on and
lifter the iGth ingt. WM. E LONG,
jan 0 lit 4 Sec.’y & Treaa’r Steamboat Co.
Tore»i^» S iicnt,
*T fit BBLS Canal Flour
»> 5 ' lor sale by f. C. BUVSON &CO
Jan 6 3t 4
15**4*s’ asidl’ider.
djfc RBI.S t’aylor’s cream Ale
-a 3I do Newark t.'rdor, superior article
AJ.iO,
50 biih .leak's Gin
50 do Canal Flour
25 bus s Hull’s p ilout Candles
15 lerkins choice Goshen Butter
'I he above r nicies n-e just rei eived and of supo
nor quality, together with a good supply of other
Groceries, on liberal leniis hy
Jan ft—tw6i 4 W. &tj NELSON & CO.
.'Atr.’iycti.
J ROM a drove of mules and hor
iAWA— BP *>. purchased lor the United States,
7T) " bile on their uay to Savannah,and
but a short distance from this city,
< J ?f V three /MULES and one 11 ORs/r co
and marks not known; early '
branded U. >V. Any person finding them, will pleaso)
lake them to //i It bier’s Lrvery Stable,
fan (5 4t 4
ftiONiy
Strayed from Iho subscriber in
iy% TToustun county, in May last, two
-jr) Rileys, Olio a paring grey, 3 years
old ; the oilier a 4 year old bay, and
’• ' bad <>li a hell when she left. They
, • were heard from nl the Augusta
| Bridge Any information about them will be liber
j ally rewarded and thankfully received. A letter
I addressed to the subscriber at Fort Valley, Houston
countv., will ho iinmodiiMoly attended trt.
Jan G —w3t 4 PHILIP MACARTHY.
oi g>vs4ca-w
EMALNING in iho Post Ollico at Waynosho
''A to’, January Ist, 183).
A ' K
Allen R A. Knigl t Jesse
Allen Janes Key ’i hos II
Allman John Jr. L
Anderson Harriet E V.oslio Maria M
Archer 'Thomas Lovell Martha D
B Lewis Henry
HuVAon William Lane I’hos
Bryant Needham Lemur Gustavus
Bell Green Lester’s orphan's Noal
Bnrkh9.lt' rR H Lo.ell William M
Heal Duticay M Jt
Brigham William Ahtrphy Alex
Burch Wilson Me 'ollam Jordan
Berrien Thus M. McKee N
C Musgrave Air
Cantwell Eginardus R Aloor .V F.
Cox Jssse A/nlkey William
Chiincc John Mill Mary
Cration Bonoor AlcElmurray James
U Navey James F
Davis Rhoda, 3 p
| Dye Martin Parsons J A
1 Davis Arthur Penial Henry
Douglas '1 Union Pal n Richards
Daniel Cheslay C Palmer Benjamin
F. K
Egburt Y M Roberts John A
F Roddick John
Francis Thus Ratliff Benjamin
G .V ,
Green John I! Slnrges N L
Griffin’s heirs, Joseph, Sturges John R
William and Ann Bcou Charles
’ Godlrcy Caroy, or heirs Sundilord Amos •
I Godfrey Marlin Sapp John
| (fray R II Smith Demarious
j Godby >tephon Smith John D 3
Green Elizabeth Skianer Charles
H b’lurgcs Junn s A 5
Herington Eliza'-olh T
Hanngton AJarttn Thompson Alary A
Hodges .Nancy Thompkins Partin
Hertng'On Richard 'i’indall IPyley
Util Hughey, 2 Ten,son John'
Howell John G (!
Hughes IViu H Urqhart Ann. 2
Hilt Martha, Aluriah or \V
James Wilson Alary
Hines William B est Win R
Hill Gilliam Wails Robert 2
Han all E ,
_ -Jan 6 1 JOSEPH JANS ’,N, P, AI.
GEORGIA, Columbia county:
\\[ ULRLAB John W. Aladdock applies for let
* * , wrs of ndininislfation on the estate ol Ro
land Thomas, dcc’d.
These are lb, relore to cite and admonish nil and
singular, the kindred and creditors of the said do- *-
censed, to file their oojcclions, if any they have,
within tlie tune prosrnhTcl hy Jaw, in my oflict*
to shew cause why said letters should not he grant
ed. Given under my hand and sea! at office, this
2d Jan. 1d37. GABRIEL JONEN, Cl’k
jan G—l—3od ’
• ftori’ fUtrpeiins,
„ .... NNOWOEN&SUKAIt
i r receive I this day from New York, largo ,
J * addition.l l supplies of superior Ingrain Carpets J
U rich colors and of new awd splendid patterns to
which they respectfully invite the attention of tho
public.
Oct. 31). 1837, 254
FRESH FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
T. H. IVY ATT & CO.
• T AVF, rocciied ami are now opening at No. 900,
■ it a largo and general assortment of English,
French and American DRYGOODS. Their stock
of Fall ami . inter Goods is entirely new ; and ha
v.ng been t.i' .dy .-elected f ora the northern markets
with care and on favorable terras, they are enabled
I" offer them at such prices ns will make it an in
luccment to i hpjr friends and customers to call and
examine before they make their purchase,
oct 10 212