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PRKBENTIM ENT.
It it * propliet's dream—the iliought
Th.t o’er me loved to (ling
X fhiwssrd dhaped of evil, wnnifeht
By Umc'i unfolding wine! —
That in earh wasted tapei’a doom,
Or fading flower, I see
Some atar of hope go out in gloom,
That thone to solace nu-1
The yin-sired how that (pan* the sky,
No heaven sprung promise giver;
liul in earh lint’s redeeming dye,
A mystic symbol lived,
No budding joy entwined my heart,
Hut lurking at its root,
Seme fang her ready to impart
A poison to (he fruit.
When night foretells her coming gloom,
By evcning’ii milder shade,
A whisper greels me of the (ornh—
Oil! would I there were laid!
Yet why!—this life hath not a osro
But shadows forth a text,
That doth some heavenly teaching hear
To fit us for the next.
’Tisnol that I must hear the stroke,
That my own heart must bleed;
For He whoso darker merries broke,
Will hind the bruised reed,
But ’lis that they whoso gentle lo\o
Divides my heart with God,
Must share with me tho pangs I prove,
Andfctl themselves the rod.
Oh! may they share the metry 100
That mollified (he doit,
And feel, with me, its heavenly dew
Distill’d upon the heart;
fast down, upheld, disturbed, yet calm,
This valu of tears we’ll tread,
Forrvei trusting ill the halm
By Gilead's Healer shed.
No joy of life hu‘. veils a thorn,
No aling, hut hears a sweet;
Ftotn those we loved if never loin,
We ne’er in Heaven could meet;
Then meekly lot US wander here,
Still seeking as wo go,
The smile that plays behind thclpar,
Till tears shall ceaso to flow.
Camde i, 8. C. N. N. N.
From BlnckmooiV » Mngminc.
The naivutte of the lower Irish is prover
bial. But English blunders are sonictui)' s
equally rich. As Mrs. "M'Gibbon, a popular
actress at Liverpool, was about to dress lor
Jane Snore, her aiton litnt cmnu to inform h r
that a woman hail cul cd to ask for two box
orders, as “she and her daughters had walked
four mite* to sCo the play”
“Dock site know mo 1" said the actress.
‘.‘Not a hit was the reply.
‘•Very odd ; liasi the woman grot her facul
ties about hurl” said Mrs. M'Gibbon.
“I think she has in I'nn,' 'for I see ahe has
got Kmnullimg lied up in a red handkerchit.'l.
KUII the Irish blunderer aomeliino mixes a
<h gree of dexterity with his apparent unmake
wliicn rises lu wit. A story ol Ibis order has
been lately corn nt in Ireland, and hots rutted
many a laugh against a noble person, r chin li
ter! lor questioning Ins servants nit their no
tions, rehg oas and political. In s one purls
sit Ireland this would be an important nrvpmy
if the truth could be extracted by cross exam
ination. A groom came to be hired ;
“Wliat are your opinion.-!” was the first
usual and general rcqusiiiun.
‘•Mono at all, your Honor,” was Pat’s diplo
matic reply,
•Pah! nonsense,’said (ho noble Lord, you
■II hove your opinions, and some of them bun 1
enough. 1 insist upon knowing them before
you come into lids house.’
‘Why then, your Lordship,’said Pat, with
a bow to the ground, 'I fancy they are tho very
same aa your Lordship’s.’ r
•chate them then,said (he Peer; ‘and let mo :
eee if yon are of my way of thinking.’ N
•I humbly beg your honor’# pardon,’ said |
the man; but I could not be so bold as to think ,
like your Lordship, but I’m of Pal O’Sulhvftit
the gardtiers way ol thinking.’
‘Then follow out with it at once, 'said Ins
Lordship, growing impatient.
•Why then, your honor,’ said Pal with the i
indeacnhalde look of cruft and humor indige
nous to tho native droll, “says Mr, O’Sullivan
to me, 1 am think tig, Pal Brady, that you owe
mo lil'.eeo skillings which you have not n no.
lion of paying! And that’s ibo plum truth,
your honor; and that’s what I cail being of
Pat O’Sullivan’s way ol thinking
itY KXPRI’.SS MAIL.
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From thr i\. V. Com. .A dv, Jon. “7.
NINE DAYS LATER FROM LONDON.
The packet ship Philadelphia, ( apt. Mor
gan, is below from London. Our news col
lector has. just come u;« from her with London
papers to the 251 h of December inclusive.
We have barely time to give a few items
We do not discover any thing of much im
portunce.
On the 20th of December, London was
visited by a gde of wind, much more severe
than any that had taken place during the
season. In many of the streets almost all the
public lamps were extinguished. Several
houses in the western and north-western su
burbs were partially unroofed, and in two in
stances, large portions of buildings in the
course of erection were blown down. The
gale was highest about 1 o’clock on the morn
ing of the 21st, after which it fell considerably.
By subsequent papers we learn that this
storm w s productive of disastrous results in
many of the provincial .towns. The Meraev
and several other streams overflowed their!
hank--, houses were blown down, bridges
carried away, and several lives lost. In
Bradford the water was six feet deep in the
streets. ...
The papers of the 18th contain accounts of
the riot at Alton, in which the Rev. Mr. Love
joy and Mr. Bishop were killed.
The Thames tunnel is again open to the
public for in-pcetion. The sand, clay, he ,
having been cleared away.
The dispute between Holland and Belgium,
growing out of the affair of the Luxemburg
lorest, seems not likely to prove very alarm
ing. It was understood that the cabinets of
France and Englan I had been appealed to In
the King of Belgium, and bv liter mediation
it was expected that the affair would be ami
cably settled. The Dutch King, however,was
carrying off the timber.
Letters from Hanover state tint the dis
contents are increasing, ami hint at the pro
bability of a revolution. Blood has already
been shed.
On the 11th of December the King issued a
decree, uismiss'nig the seven protecting pro
lessors of Gottingen, and banishing three of
them from the kingdom.
I his led to meetings and commotions among
the students who were charged by a troop of
dragoons. Three of the students were killed
and eight severely wounded.
There had been a t iot also at Munster, but
we have no particulars.
A new Spanish ministry has been formed.
Esparfero is a member.
* The British Parliament had adjourned ovci
for the Christmas holidnxß-
The civil list hill had passed the Mouse ol
Commons, and was under discussion in the
House of I .ord.s.
Parliament was to meet again on the 16tli
of January, instead oil he lat of bmary as
originally intended—in conse jucnce of the
state of allairs in Canada,
The Condon Courier of the 25th says, in re
ference to the numerous forces under Sir John
Colborne:—“We believe and trust,therefore,
that the insurrection w ill be *'died in its birth,
but it would be wrong to be 100 » uiguinr, or
to cease regretting an at tempt which, how ever
it may he decided, mum leave many rankling
wounds behind. n
'fife same papers contain accounts from
Canada to the 28th gs November—including
that of the first actual resistance to the con
nfituteri authorities: vi/, the rescue of Messrs.
D’Avignon and Ifctnaray, and the march ol
the force under Col. Wetlicral! to Chambly.
Ore of the latest papers mentions that the
following deputation from the Canada trade,
had an interview with Cord (ilenelg, on that
day, viz: Mr. Hart Cogan, M. I*., Mr. Gould,
Mr. U tiillispic, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Bliss, Mr
Brooking, Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Harrison, Mr.
Atcel, Mr. A. (iillispie, and Mr Howie.
The Condon Observer ol the 251 h nayk.
Cord GlnicU lots assured the representatives
of the Canadian interests, that fur John Col
borne lias the most ample older* to act as e.ir*
cum sinners may require—that martini law will*
it necessary, bo declared, and that the imperial
parliament could not give to the gall ml com*
rounder in ehidf more ellicient powers to meet
the emergencies of tin 1 limes than have already
been sent out. Among oilier Hiutcments of the
•lay, it is M4id that iuldlliun.il troops will bo dis
patched to Nova Scotia and New Uiunswiek
with the utmost possible speed, to lake the place
of (bo military who have been ordered from
those colonies to Canada.
Wo have the speech of the French King at
the opening ol the Chambers, but no loom lor it
to day.
FROM AFRICA.
Cotters from bis niaj«*siy’» ship Har.ican, dated
Bieira Leone, 27th Kept* announcing her nrr •
val on the coast) after a passage ol 6 weeks
from England. The colony wan healthy, and
i ©covering from the paralysis which billowed
ibu dreadlul epidemic Thu yellow lever was
never known to be so fatal to Europeans. 1 here
were at (ho commencement about 60 Europeans
m tfterra Leone, one bull ol whom have laden a
sacrifice Two schooners had arrived u day or
two preceding from the G.imhm, with n nely (*?
ibeAliican corps, hut without a single ollicer.
'l’he moiiahly in that quarter bad been dread
ful,two Kurds of the residents being swept away,
and among them were Mr Marlin, harbor mas- |
ter, Mr Kirk of the commissariat, Mr Kidd assis* >
(ant surgeon, and in fact all the principal per
sons m the place. (inventor Kendall ol the I
Id.nubia, has removed to a distant pmlol thoeol*
ony, where it is more bcallby. The t luld>er,
Commander iveppcl had arrived horn Gibraltar, i
and was about to leave with the Saracen, lor the
Bight of Benin, There had been no other arri
val at JSieirn Leone for upwards of two months,
and every article was setoce and dear.
Huhmqncul accounts mention the death ol
Governor Kendall.
Monkt Maukkt and Crrr Nkwb—London
Dec. 25.—Tint dabale in the House ol Go liinons
last night, on subject nf Canada, «>pi r:,,H (° have
been wholly unexpected on the part ol the fre
quenters of (ho Stock Eccbunge, and the circum
stance of the Legislature adjourning only tv) the
I full of January instead of the beginning of
February lias thrown them all into tbo greatest
stale of alarm, and given ri-e to ail soils ol gloo.
my rumors, as well as most ridiculous statements
regarding the movement ol troops. It was even
slated that n new I an would be required by th •
government for lining out on expedition—but
ibis would imply (bat tbo rebels in the lower
province of Canada were more formidable and
colleo.ing in greater numbers firm there is any
reason to expect. The English stock market has I
consequently been in the greatest slat© ol excite
ment, and most stocks have sustained a marked
depression—Consols, which were lost marked
yesterday at 08} to dossed today at 01} to ,
being a reaction of I[| per ecu', and the market
still pcrscnied a heavy appearance at the close.
Exchequer I ills of India bonds remain, I itionary,
llie former at 455. to 475. prem , and the la ter
at 265. to 28. premium. Bank slock, h wever, has
fallen from 200 to J to 203} to 204 J, being a
depression of jC2,lOs.
(JllllUNlCLli AND SKNTINUL
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Tliit r*«la y IMorniiivr* I*
SOUTH RUN KIKST 111. ASS HOOK.
A copy of litis new work from the press of
Messrs. IhilfiM ami I’urse, M icon, has been
laid upon our table by Messrs, f. 11. A I. C.
Plant, by whom it is for stile. It is a work by
M. M. Mason, principal ot tire VnievjJle Aca
demy, near Macon, and comes recommended
by such respectable and responsible names
that wo cannot doubt its excellence.
Navu OrnckK.—Thomas 8. Wayne, Esq.
has hern re-appointed by the Presiilonl, l>y uml
with llio advice and consent of,he Senate, naval
officer of the port of Savannah.
1 Tbo following aitielu bom the Southern Spy,
jilt Washington (ia. contains interesting informs
; t on in relation to the great Kail Road in the con
, strurlion of which the Slate lias embodied.
Whatever relates to the important subject of
| [nturnnl Improvement, is now considered inter
esting Our sister Stales, it is well known,have
entered into the work with becoming zeal and
foresight, and appear tiring with each other,
which shall go the blithest. Georgia has too long
remained comparatively idle. \ ui, the day is not
distant, when her immense resources will he
mote fully developed, and irer noblest energies
pul forth nr the prosecution of works, to benefit
the present, while ensuring lasting advantage to
the coming generation. Although much has not
! been accomplished, which might have been effec
ted, nor all undertaken, which could have been
1 commenced, still, lire spirit ot improvement is
awake in »nr State, ami some enterprises are on
I the way, promising to he productive of perma
nent utility. Wo were led to advert to inis sub
ject. from having, a few days since, received a
' letiei from Col. Dolton, one of the Commissioners
|of the \\ i stern and Atlantic Kail Hoad, furnish
ing some account of the operations of the [J ard
I thus-far, speaking in glowing terms of the pro
i ' liable success ot the great undertaking com nulled
to their charge. We are convinced, that nothing
will be wanting, onllulp irt ot the lioaid, to es
, feet all that r> desired, which can be consumma
ted. And we view nas no ill-.lined digression
l> remark, concerning our correspondent, u
t whom we mo indebted lor the lollowi g mt irina
li in, lhai no one would have been selected, wtu
f 1 could have been more persevenngly active nr tin
1 discharge of his dullest and all who have th«
f j pleasure of his ucipi.iin'.iiice, ore lolly prepare!
1 i in appreciate his rpialiticauons lor the imp,man
1 ! staiion he occupies.
He inbirms us, that the members composing
t ■ ihe Board, met at Cassvrllv, on the If>th install
j and, on the following day, were duly organized
;. I (Mr. Crawford being elected President and Col,
' Bnftcm, Secretary.) ami soon afterwards ha I a
t conference wiih Col. Long; ilie Clilcl Engineer,
from whom they received salislart ry information
if rexpecling the iucatiun of ihe Kn it, mi l aicer
c mined hi* readiness farlfiviTh to enter upon its
e mslfuciion.
Il II wan irnmedia efy lesolved lo authorize llini
•s to advertise ior proposals for the letting out of
e conlrkcls, for at lent 40 miles of the way, cum
mencinp it the Chattahoochee River, near Mont
gomery’* Ferry—these contracts In he entered
n into on the Ini of April next, at the Common
, sinners’Office, in Marietta, Cobh county. They
if farther authorized him to conclude temporary
r contracts with persons desirous of commencing
c immediate operaiioni, io he paid lor et an aver*
g age rale, at w hich conracls may Iks taken in
April next. In pursuance of this arrangement
n several contractors will ho speedily employed,
if and, ndeed, one has already commenced oper i
i j lions, and has made considerable progress within
'■ | a mile of Alaloona. It is confidently expected,
1 1 that, by lire first of February, a large portion of
the g'onnd between the Chattahoochee and Ct
rl owah Rivers, will be thus occupied by temporary
, j contractors. The members of the Hoard are now
d ! aolively engaged in making the proper efforts to
1, j procure the right of way for the Hail Road, from
' the inhabitants living on iho room. Ills presu,
'• med, dial Iho citizens generally will concede this
gratuitously, in view of the signal beneliis they
will severally ari l collectively derive from the lo-
H cation of the Hoad, while the Commissioners
" have determined lo pay no one lor the right of
way, unless improvements arc injured by the
construction of the Road.
This is the substance of the Information con
, tabled in the letter of our correspondent, and wc
:l ;ij lice at being enabled to say, that this grua'
i and incalculably valuable woik of Internal 1m-
L ' provernent is begun.
t COMMUNICATED.
' Ma, Jonks, —I observed in your paper some
lime since a publication by (ion. Clinch. In
! vindication of his conduct at the battle of 'he
Withlacooche'e, comprised principally of letters
ami certificates from many of the most respectable
officers of Ihe Army, os well as of the 1' londa
I Volunteers themselves. Ho completely satisfac
' lory were the statements of those gentlemen, and
J | so lolly did they corroborate the report of Oen.
I Clinch, to the Hccretnry of War, that I little
i expected ever to see the matter agitated again by
' the enemies of that gentleman. *l'lio Floridian
l of ilie 111 h ult., a paper reported lo be under the
patronage and control of Gov. Call, is cn iroly
1 | devoted lo the subject. In the paper alluded 10,
i Gov. C ill oft) up », ill in ;h very unsuccessfully 1
j think, lo disprove the statements of Gen. Clinch,
j hy the publication of a string of letter* anil
certificates from the volunteers most, of whom |
| were not on the side of the river which the bat, i
tie was fought. His parade of documents arc little 1
to the purpose. In fact they scarcely have any J
bearing upon the subject in controversy. The •
only matter in paint, and the one which he has
taken the must pains ta refute is the charge ol
having forliid the volunteers lo cross the river.—
On ibis subject, unfoilunntely, bis witnesses have 1
but little lo say of a positive character. Some ■
say they do not know that such an order was r
given, others did not hear il; and others thought \ I
there sutta such an order issued. j'
On the whole there is not sufficient impor j 1
lance attached to the publication to render ato 1
capitulation of the evidence adduced, or its 1
comparison with the publication of Gen Clinch ! *
necpsMirry. The matter remains “in statu quo"
as Gen Clinch left it. I s
There i» 4 one}ofGo». Call’s letter vviitefa, how- '
ever, whoso publication deserves a p ssiug no- '
lice. It is that of one Col. Win. Wyatt, com- 1
monly known in Florida as Hilly Wyatt, the 1
same that has boon a candidate for delegate to
Congress fiom the “lime whereof the memory
of man runneth nut to the contrary,” and who!
would no doubt have went to Washington ma- j
ny a time and oft, hut for a single misfortune,
that was the luck of a sufficient number of j
voles. Gov. Call, one of his unsuccessful com
pouters is now Governor and of course is a
drawn nag. Il would seem that Hilly is am hi.
liuus to do ilia Governor a service in his line,
in hopes the Governor will give him a “leg up”
when the next canvass comes on. That your
I readers may judge of Hilly’s disinterestedness and
perfect nentialiiy of feeling, lei them read a few
jexnacis from Ins letter. After ridiculing the
C idea of calling the aflairof the W illilarxniehee a
, j baltle, and speaking of il ns a more skirmish, just
as a hnlly whose legs never allowed his rarcas
lo suller, does ol a light. Hilly says:
. | “'ion. Clinch was entrusted at a very eir-
I 1, period with tlieunti.e coiiinmnd and mitn
! noon.nil of all the Military operations, ne
cessary lo remove ilie Semniolelmlinns—was
stationed in he country with Ins forces up
jwirdsol a year before the period fixed lor
: ihe r removal, and yet permitted hostilities to
1 | imminence —the whole Alachua country lo
I j he laid in ashes, (s ivo Ins own plantation and
1 Hint of h s broUier-tn-duw( —and the people
; driven mlo Idris, before ag in lud been fired
. j by Ins forces, alihoiioh stationed in the very
I neighborhood mid presence of the savages;
i and n was not until you, With Iho Florida vol
: mitcors, had killed or driven every hostile In
dian within his boundary, and relieved the
suffering inhabitants; though but temporally,
that he assumed the command, and tor the
. first time, bruit rht Ins regular forces actively
1 m the Held.” *
, Here’s u flourish for you. “Until you killed
t and drove.” Why, 1 never heanl of Gov.
' j Call’s brilliant achievements in Florida* and Int'c
j ] always considered his nearest approach loons
i was when ho was formed in lino of battle on one
t i sidouf the river, while Gen. Clinch and his bravo
I regulars were lighting die Indians on the other,
) |
, I may be mistaken however, and if Hilly is right
i what a pity he nid not keep on killing and
- driving.
Here is mine of the letter—
s “With all this hadiuanagenicnt in the com.
inenee.neiit, however, had Gen Clinch provid,
I himself in his expedition lo the Wi'hlacoochee
, with a proper supply or provisions, ammunition
I j and implements lot pioneering, built a bridge,
, I across that sliram, which was piacticoble, as was
" j proven by the fact of one having been bunt, even
j mior the ac ion bad commenced, be might have
t hud all his forces salely across Iho river early in
( j ' die day of the UI si, and in a low days, on doubt,
j. could have pul an end to the War, and thereby
|0 | aave seven hundreds of lives, and three millions
ol dollars it has cos ;bul in the place of this, he
le went oil'a* the old saying is, from Fort Drane
,j '“half cocked"
u Ii is not hard for a man of Billy’s capacity to
say what /nought have been dyne. Gen. Clinch
g might have been more prompt in bis movements,
• if be had had troops. He might have went better
l’ prepared to the field when be did go, had his
a means been adequate to his wants. So might
Hiliy hare went to Congeess had he got more
votes.
As rrg iroa tha injunction upon tKe volunteers
not to cross, the writer soys:
“I have stated lit the publication alluded
to, that von gave an order during the action
for the volunteers to cease crossing, and form
aline ficing outwards from the river so as to
receive the enemy, who was supposed to be
coming in our rear. I did hot hear you give
the order in person; but from seeing the ne
cessity of such an order, and understanding
at the same time, that such an order was given
bv y ou, I obeyed it accordingly.
But Billy hot let this occasion pass with
out bringing in his own masterly performances-
After nearly two culutns ofll mrish, in which he
enlightens his readers on the subject of Indian
warfare, and boldly contra licts the statements of
nearly all the officers engaged in the battle, as to
the manner in which the regulars fought'; al'ho
he admits he was not in sight of the action, he
speaks of his own achievements in the following
manner:
“If Gen. tliinch and his friends wishes to j
rest the blame of his defeat on Ut? volunteers,
because tiiey did not all cross during the skir- i
mish, why did he not hold his ground and J
pursue Itis "victory? ' when it was announced j
to him by tny order, about the tune the firing |
ceased, that f had completed the bridge,upon j
which the volunteers colud cross over in a
few minutes to his assistance, in the piac'j of
fly ing to the north side amidst the y ells of
the savages, though under cover of the moun
ted riflemen, exclaiming as he pasred, seeing
the security which the line I had the command
of, gave to the rectossiug of his regulars. !
“Sir, you have saved ray army;” alluding to |
the bridge upon which Ids regulars were then [
crossing. This exp ession was from agener- 1
ous impulse of the moment, coining no doubt,
from a heart, freed ut that moment, from par
ty' shackles.
Thus we are told who saved Gen. Clinch and
his army. It was not as wo have understood.
Gen. Call’s lino on tho oppos to hank of the
stream, hut no less a personage than Billy Wyatt.
He was the man that shot Cook Robin, after all-
Well, every body knows that Billy is the mis
chief at a bridge, I hope ho will be belter remu.
nc-raled for the construction of this bridge than
bo was on a former occasion for cutting away a
certain natural bridge. That preved a hard job
for Billy. But if he should walk over this With
lacoocha bridge to Congress, he may '.hank the
friend who penned his letter to General Call.
OBSERVER.
* On reflection, I recollect to have seen it staled
somewhere that Gov. Call did, wilh seven bun
dled men, surround and destroyed a party of
five Indians, all of whom were drove into a
pond of water, where they were hilled. Perhaps
it is this exploit ihat Billy allades. ,
[roil THE CMUUNICLK ASU SENTINEL,]
Mr. Jones; —There are two Almanacs pub
lished ho-e, both calculated for the latitude and
meridian of Augusta, one hy Mr. R. Grier, the
other hy Mr. T. P. Ashmore, and Goth being pic
pared for the same meridian and la ttude, one
would suppose they could agree to a minute in
their astronomical calculations; and perhaps, in
most particulars, there may not ho many impor
tant variations between them—lml some circuit’*
stances led me to notice a considerable ditl'cience
between them as to the time of the moon’s rising
and selling, which would seem to indicate some
want of accuracy in one or the other, if not in
both the calculations. As I'm instance, the differ
euce between the lime of the moon’s rising and
selling, hy two Almanacs, is—
On the Is January, 30 minutes.
slh do. 31 do
8 do. 1 hour.
9 do. 48 minutes.
29 do. 1 hour and 29 rnin.
30th do. 1 hour 25 min.
31st do. I hour 21 min,
3d February. 1 hour 21 min.
4th do. 1 hour 40 min.
sth do. 1 hour 51 min.
Oih do. 1 hour 52 min.
7ih do. 1 hour 51 min.
Hill do. 55 minutes.
Ut August, near 2 hours.
2d do, 2 hours 19 min.
3d do. 2 hours 34 min.
4th do, 2 hours 24 min.
Gtb do. 1 hour 30 min.
The moon fulls, by one Almanac, on the 9th
February, at 27 minutes alter 7 o’clock in the
morn ng, and by the other, on the same day at 22
minutes after 8, in the afternoon—in July and
September, there appears to be about two hours
difference in the liffie tho moon fulls; and nea r
two hours and half difference in December.
One Almanac stales, that Venus will be
evening star until the sih of March, and then
morning alar till the 18ih December —the other
makes Venus evening star until the Bth March
and then morning star till the 23d Deeember -
One slates that her greatest angular distance from
the sun will he on the I Bill May; the oilier, that
it will be on the Ist day of Juno.
When astronomical calculations were accu
rately made, h would seem llgit such differences
oug.A not to exist. Two hours diffcrenc.', or
even half on hours difference in the time of the
moon’s rising or sitting, on any particular day t
would seem to indicate some want of caution in
one of the calcula ors. The differences 1 have
noticed, run through the oilier months, and are
probably greater in May than in August. I barely
notice these variations because I know that
Astronomers like to be minutely accurate in thoii
calculations, and not from a desire to detract in
the least, from the merit of the calculators, ci
either oflhe Almanacs, for each has the credit ul
being a good Mathematician and Astronomer.
S.
■ From the t'uvuniiuh Georgian Jan. 30.
, FROM FLORIDA.
, We continue our extracts from the cotrespon
s deuce of our friends in Florida. Our advices
i published yesterday week, 33J instant, mention
i t d that Gen Jesup had found a number of hoys,
i where a captured Indian had stated they were
, collected, & that a line of march under the con
duct of said captive, had been taken up for [the
s main lorcc of the Indians. Our correspondence
a however, does not mention that the Indians have
s been found; —the army would probably move
from ‘-camp, near the tat. 70, about 30 miles b\\
l> from Indian river inlet,” (where Gen Jesup was
j on the 19th tr.sl.) “in a day or two”—as we
published yesterday
’ We doubt not tiial the army will soon, if they
r inn find them, giee a good account of the s.ava
s ges, ah hough we lear many more gallant men
t n. ust fall before the Indiana are subdued.
“Since ibe above was in type we havs seen e
letter from Fort FloyiJ, (of the 18th) which fur
nishes the following particulars :
I last wrote youfJart. 7ih) from camp near
Fort McNiel. Wliat has transpired since that
time I will relate. On the 9th, on our march a
parly of the Alabama volunteers came upon a
parly of 10 or 12 Indians and killed one. and
took one prisoner, w ho proved to he one of those
j who escaped from St. Augustine and is known
among the whites hy the name of Big Jim—he
! informed us that Sain Jones and his men, with
all the chiefs, were down on the Oco-chohee. We
i marched on until the 14th, when our forage and
1 provisions giving out, we went to liid.au river,
about 30 miles east of this p ist for supplies.
I While there Lieut. Powell, of the Navy, return
ed from Jupiter Inlet. You have, ere this, heard
lof his brush with the savages. Ido not think
! (he old squaw is worth the keg of powder left in
■! one of the boats, and which the enemy will not
waste in idle game. We left there yesterday
Col. Pierce’s regiment Ist artillery, about 700
men, besides the naval fotco.
On our arrival at this tort, called after Capt,
Floyd Beall, of 2nd dragoons, who occupied it in
j our absence, we found Gen. Guslis’ command,
j with a company of dragoons.
I There aro now hero besides Con P.’s command,
inclu l.ng 2d Dragoons, p 'ol. Twiggs,) 600 Tonnes- j
j seeans, and two companies of Alabamians —about i
120 u mounted men.
From t'ol Taylor's post (Fort Basinger) 20 miles |
’ west of this, w ■ to day learn that they have take i !
| 600 head of caille, waich, with what we have la
l ken, makes about 700 head —and ponies, about 110.
The Indians, we believe, are down on the Oca
eho-bee, nbout three day's march Iron-, ns. Urn.
Jesupis here, and 1 hope we will “go ahead'' at
once and the en my rn ly bo ours, for if we do not
end tin war very shortly, it will ho futile to hope
for its termination tins wuil r, ns : t has rdi tied two
or three tones lately,and 1 think litres days rtlore
ram would render it too wot and miry to operate
in 111 is low country,now almost flood, d with w ater ”
From the correspondent of the Republican of last
i evening, (ffam Clarksville, Jau 23d.) we learn that
“a number of Indians (and negioes) are hovering
around Fort King,— 10J have been seen. Colonel
Snodgrass is there wit h some Alabamians; ns like
wiseC'apt Unit's company. They butchered some
cattle close by, the other day, and new come within
gun sh t fearlessly.”
A Wedding Ride — lt is said lint horsds
wen: mil introduced in the colony at Ply
mouth until 2!) years alter Ike landing of the
Pilgrims. The Exe er News loiter relates,
that when one J dm Alden was married to
Miss Priscilla Mullens, the great bells of the
Cape and Colony, ho was determined to
bring his bride home in the style that became
a gentleman, so he put a ring in ,i Roll's nose
and mounting the animal, rode thus to lltc
wedding. Miss Priscilla might well be vain
of such a husband, so mounting the Rollon
Ihemovin. home, she gently ambled along,
her gallant spouse leading him hy the nose
and walking by the side of his valuables—his
wife and his bull. The gentleman who led
and the lady who rode, suysllie same author
ity, wwre the ancestors of some of the first
faimliesjin the country —including two Presi
dents of the United .Stales.
BANK ItKPORT.
State of the Georgia Rail Road & Banking Com
pany’s Branch at Augusta, on Wednesday
31st February. 1838.
Amount of property owned by
this Bank, viz;
Promissory Notes, Bills ol Ex
change, Real Estate, &c < 576,539 10
Balances due by other banks
and agents, 262,391 81
Specie in vaults, 123,779 80
Notes of other banks, 106,165 231,911 80
Total amount owned hy this branch, 1,073,808 71
Amountdue hy this bank,
viz; to persons holding its
(notes being amt in circulation, 312,0*0
Balances due to other Banks, 181,297 24
Due to Depositors, 50,616 88
513,981 12
Surplus owned by this Rank
alter paying all its debts
Undivided profits, viz :
Discounts, 13,863 13
Income from Rad Rood, 16,016 19
29,834 62
Capital stock, 500,009 00-529,8310,2
1,073,838 74
J. W. WILDE, Cashier,
~CO9tMESCIA^
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Cotton. —The receipts in our market continue
to improve with the demand fur this article, which
has been very animated fir the Inst three days, and
al! that is offered is freely bought at an advance of
fully I cent per lb. from last week. The sales dur
ing the week have been about 35 000 bales. We
now quote 9 a 115 cents as the going rates.
Groceries. —The trade with the interior is on
the increase, and as our market is well supplied
country merchants find no difficulty in making their
purchases, without seeking other markets. .Molas
ses has become scarce and sales have been made at
41 cts per gallon. Domestic Liquors aro plenty.
About 100 bags new crop Cuba Coffee have been
sold during the week, at from 121 to 13J cents, 90
days.
! Exchange.— Checks on New York enntinue
i scarce, and 3 percent is asked and obtained when
ever wanted, and in some instances, 3 percent is ob
tained for checks at 10 days sight Checks on
’ Charleston, li pet cent prem. United States Bank
' Notes are dill at IS per cent prem Charleston
1 Bank Bills Sa 1 percent prem
1 Freights. —To Savannah 75 ets. per bale—to
Charleston, . cent perlh. The river ts now in good
- boating Older,
s
r LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 13.
Sales to day are 1000 bags at prices rather high
ej er tliunon Friday last. All to the trade.
■ | Dee. 19,-jfhe cotton market is without varia
' I lion from yesterday, and the sales are fully 2,000
11 ; bugs, all of which are to the trade,
o ] Dec ■2O Wo have had more demand from the
c | the trade to day than ol late, and fully 3,01 K) bags
wi re sold, at rather dearer rates m the middling
>' classes of American, but without change in other
it i 81 r 8
De.i 21—The sales are about 5000 bags al higher
ir rates. The demand is who ly for manufactures.
n Dec. 22.—During the past w eek we h ive enjoy
ed a steady demand lor Cotton of moat descriptions:
r j the sales havo been ctiielly to the Ira le, and an mi
ff vance ol id to Id per Ih has been slowly obtained
upon the prices of tins day week. In the stale of
the market the small import cannot fail to strike
the observer, and the well-grounded apprehension
that obstruct!- ns ol a more than ordinary nature will
prevent morn than a very moderate supply coming
lorward for some lime, is the chief cause fir the eon
- tinned firmness and tendency to advance. We
is shall hand you next Saturday the actual nseerfid i
ed stoc/r in the market, it it does not exceed our esti
mate, it will be the smallest taken here fir several
’’ years. The sales of the week arc 18,250 bags, of
0 which 4,000 American, I.OOOJSurat; and ISiTPer
>• natns have been taken by speculators,
e Dee. 23—There has been a steady demand al the
e same rale as before. Tne sales amount to 2,000
c bugs.
c* ~
p HAVRE MARKET, DEC. 20.
s In cotton wo confine to have an extensive bnsi
e ness doing, with gradually advancing price. The
sales to-day amount to about 1500 bales, at an ad
vance of Hr to 2:r per 60 kilogr on the prices at the
f opening ol the week. Pernambuco, and other kinds
- oi Rraz.l, are also inquired for, aid l hoy aro selling
i at fully tha same advance. Incoffee or sugar there
is no alteration, prices remain as helore.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
SAVAV'AH, .Inn. 30, —CFd, ship t.untuvu, Utvem,
Liverpool; ,chr Mary Ann, Moore, West Indies.
Arriv. cl. Hr ship Europe, .Mills, sailed 2d Dee.
Steamboats Free Trader, Creswell, August!-: Florida,
Nock, Grays Ferry.
Departed —Seen in boats Wm Seahrook, Dubois, Char*
leston: Free Trader, L’i t swell, A u gusts,
CII\III.ES TON, Jan. 31.—Arrived yesterday, steam /
packe t Win. Seahrook, Dtihnis, Susannah.
Cl’d, Svv. barque Liselle, Madden, Hamburg;.
Went to Sea yesterday, ship Admittance, Smith, Lon
tlo ; ichr. Win, Kidgoway, Burrows, Havana.
On the 4th nil. at her resilience near Warrenton
Mr*. Winefred Palmer, aged ahout 50 years. ’
Departed this life in Eatonton, on Friday, 13th
instant, \fts. Zilpiia Wright, consort of Major
.lames Wright, and daughter of Dr. Allen of
Mail wether county, in the 45th year of her age.
Mrs. Wrighi, in all the various relations of life
was an exemplary pattern of Christianity. She
was an orderly and pious member of The Metho
dist Episcopal church, and adorned the doctrine
of her Saviour by an upright walk and a godly
conversation. In her deportment, she was amia-
hie and kind, performing her duties as wife, mo
i ther and mis ress with a fidelity and punctuality
seldom equalled, and never surpassed. Mild and
gentle in demeanor, court,.,..island affable in her
j intercourse with her aeqoui.ounces, she gained
j the esteem of all who had an opportunity of
I knowing her. Whilst in life she manifested a
zealous attachment to the cause of religion, and
wailed upon the ordinances of the church when
ever her multiplied and arduous duties any wise
permitted. But she is gone to the final place of
all the living—to that bourne Irom whence no
traveller returns; and (hough dead, she yet lives
in the afle tions of surviving friends, who admir
ed her for her many virtues. She has left behind
an affectionate husband, eight children, anti a
large circle ol relatives and friends, to lament her
sudden and untimely depaiturc. Yet they are
not left as those who have no hope, hut rejoice
in the heliel that their loss is her infinite and
eternal gain. y
Augusta Benevolent Society.
Commit lees appointed lor the present month.
Committee Division No. I—Messrs. James Mere
dith and Jam sGodby, Mrs. J. Muntz, Mrs Sarah
Leon.
Omnnttce Division No. 2. -Messrs. John W Stoy
and Win. T. Timmerman, Mrs. C, C. Taliaferro
Mrs. Thadens S. Stoy. >.
Committee Division No 3.—Messrs. E. W Col
lier and James Ponton, Mrs. Amy Whitlock, Miss'
Sarph Glover.
Alt eases ol sickness and distress please report to
them. M. M. BROWN, Mec.’y pro tem.
Hie Constitutionalist will please copy the above
jan.23 I in 18
C/" A ('Aim —A report having gamed ctr
eulatlon that I had relinquished my Professional
engagements, I take this method of correcting
such a mistake, ns my intention is, and always
has been to wait on all Ladies and Gentleman
who may require triy services ns an instructor of
Music on the Piano Forte and Guitar.
Terms £25 per quarter.
Piano Fortes Tuned.
W. H. OKCHAIID.
Application to ho made at A. Demon's Music
Stoic, No 247 Broad, street.
doc 9 288
COLUMBIA SHERIFF’S SALE.
ON the first Tuesday in April next, will he sold
at Columbia Court House between the usual
hours of sale the following properly, to wit;—
One Buggy, one bay Horse, one mahogany Side
hoard, I dinning and tea Table, one Secretary, ono
candle stand, two large mirrors, I mantle clock, I
dozen chairs, 4 curtain bedsteads, beds, and furni
ture ; to satisfy a mortgage from Columbia Inferior
Court. James J. \V. Burroughs agamst George
Thomas. Properly pointed out in said mortgage.
Jan. 30 RICHARD If. JONES, Sit'd,
leb 1 Wtd 20
COLUMAIA SHERIFF M SALE.
ON the first Tuesday in March next, will be sold
at Columbia Court House, between the usual
flours of side :
A Tract of I,and containing filly-five acres, more
or less, on Sweet Water Creek, adjoining Wro. D.
Stanford and others; to satisfy three fi. sis. from
the Justices’ Court of district No. fi. George W.
(Julpepper vs. John Harress and James Culpepper.
Levied on and returned tome by a Constable
Jan. 30 RICHARD 11. JONES, Sh’flf,
feh I wtd 20
WARREN SHERIFF’S SALE.
WILL fie sold on the first Tuesday in March
next, within the usual hours of sale, at the
Court House in Warrenton:—
Fifty acres of Land op the waters of Rocky Com
fort ('reck; levied on ns tin property ol William El
lis to satisfy two fi. fas. from n Justices' Court, in
favor of Sherwood Allen vs. said William Ellis; ad
joining IVm C. Hrannnm and others. Levy made
and returned to me by a Constable.
Jan 29 JEREMIAH PERRYMAN, Sh’flf. /
fob I wtd 26
SUB IVENSII ERIFF’S SALE.
ON the first Tuesday in March next, will he sold
before the Court House in Jacksonfioro';
A negro girl by the nan c of J,today, levied on as
the piope ty of James Thomas to satisfy four execu
tions from a Justices’ Court, in favor of Mathew
II .pkins. Levy made and returned to me hy a
C instable JACOB BRYAN, Sh’lT.
Jan. 29 [feb 1 wtd 26
9 ENGLISH HARDEN PEAS.—A largo as-
S 4 sortinent of fresh English Garden Peas, war
ranted fresh and genuine; lor salohy
jan 31 25 ANTONY & HAINES.
7 CANARY BIRD SEED.-Canary Seed,
mixed and plain, fresh, just received and for
sale hy AN 1 ONY’ HAINES,
jan3l 25
FANCY STATIONARY, &V.
I JICHARDS &. STOY lave constantly on
S.V hand a complete assortment of
English, French, & American Stationary,
Engineers Drawing Materials, Ac.
English and American drawing paper ol all size*
[ from 13by Ifi to 26 by 31 Bristol hoards of cap, de
my, medium, and royal size, plain and colored;
drawing and mathematical instruments; camels
’ hair pencils; Brockmans, Langdons and Cohens’
1 lead pencils; colored crayons; pink saucers; water
colors in boxes or single cakes; indta ink; portable
desks; work boxes; dressing cases; nort fol os;
bankers cages; note nooks; pocket books and wal
lets; scaling wax and wafers; India rubber month
gate; seals; rollers; pnrohtn -tit or deed paper; rice
paper; tissue paper; gold, silver, and fancy paper;
blank visiting and fancy cards, with gold herder;
f ink and ink p iwder; ink stands; red tape; papsr
files; backgammon and chess boards; chessmen;
domino-; dissected gam's; maps; indelible ink;
1 black sand; counting housB racks; bill files; black
lines; Rogers’ fine pen Knives and other cutlery;
ivory, bene and pearl folder*: quills of every qual
ity; s'eel pens in great variety; transptrent and
porcelain slates; card cases; paper wrights; motto
seals; albums; scrap books; silver an I gold ever
pointed pencil cases; silver pen and pencil cases; •
; folio post, Idler, and foolscap paper, ruled and
plain; blank books of all sizes and pat'erns; and a
1 variety oi oilier articles which will he sold at
wholesale or retail on the must liberal terms,
s Jan 30 24
1 Potato?*.
’ S RUSH/., Potatoes fur family use, both
1 (Mr Kidney and Mercer equal to imported lor
J sale by CLARKE, McTIER & CO. I
• nuv 27 277 1
i Ki:t Bargains!
fII HE Subscribers have determined on disposing
1 of their entire stock of Ready made Clothing,
tit cost prices, for cash ; to those desirous of ob
> taiuing great bargains, the present will be found a
) ven desirable opportunity, either at wholesale or
retail. PRICE & MALLERY,
Drapers «fe Tailors, 258 Broad street.
Jan 3 ]
; KENTUCKY JEANS, RED FLANNELS, &c
•J Cases Kentucky Jeans
, cs> 3 bales rod Flannels
, 2 do 9-4 Unllil Blankets
’ This day received and fir sale on reasonable term
and price-, by EDGAR ik CARMICHAEL
Dec if