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from tin L'mied Sutite Juurna * Extraordinary sect of fanatics in India Ever * ncc I I nve been in India I have heard of a c'a-s o f .Mussolini ns, the ris er i pies jnf n foci or saint, liy na i.u Sli'Skh Huff ll, who, in order to impress ilio unbelievers with ilit* I mill of the Mussii'man's (null, im i Rricd to Ink followers the power of plunging swords and daggers min their bodies, rutting off Hie r tongue. frying n and p i ling i’ to gether again, culling off tins Imnd anil limbs, s-cooping mil tho i ye, and in inilli, (lo ng wit ii t heir bodies whatever it pi a e lliem Icidn; all of winch Co', G ,in company wlh a clergyman, a Mr. K , I ad seen, when the latter grew sick mid run mil of I lie place, do daring>t was the pow rof S i'nn, which lo iins day he believes, nod the C donel, iha 1 it is done through llie power of ihe ari of magic, at which I, of course, laughed and derloicd i hat so soon op a man of the regiment (hy the natneol Shn.kli Kurectn, one ot these Itnlfoi) should return from furlough, I would witness the exhibit ion. A large la it war accordingly placed, and fifiy lamps fnrnislied, and plains full of arsenic and (piinlilies of the plant id the cactus tribe, filled with a milky jmee, a drop of which, it it tall on yottrsk n, blisters it, and a la I quan tity o( the common grass bangles or bracelets, worn hy the women, and daggers ai.d swords, and things I ke thi k Reel skewers, and other horrid looking wn ipons like a hnlehers h'i el only with a handle covered with rim ns, and about 20 Uurt'ais to heal nil manner of drums, and so. when all was ready, about five ot the elli ors loti the mess table with myself, and along wnli ns about a hundred sepoys crowd, ed into the lout. When we were treated and silence obtained, Ihe work commenced by a sort of cunt from their sacred books, I ho drum ben l era joining in and keep ng (imo; (ho chant increased at Icngt i both in no se and velocity, until having worked themselves into an oestacy, I hey seized hold of the instruments, the body kept in n sort of swinging mo’mn, plunged the skewer i is'rumciiis, one through each cheek, another through the longue, a third through the thr< a l , and tlicn commenced slahh ng themselves with s words and daggers, and all sorts of nasty instruments. Others cut off their longue, and having roasted it in the tiro, put it in their mouth again, when ii immediately united, ihey eat Hie arsenic and iho blistering milk plant, whilst others trenched the glass bangles as though they were the greatest delicacies. This was all done within a half a yard of my knees, (or they came up i Jose to me with many lamps, in order that I might io > there was no decep tion: and Ido assure you, that it made me led sick, and produced any thing hut an agreeable sensation on my mind, lor (o (Ins moment I know not what to think of it. J not not superstitious; and although the Colonel and numerous most respectable natives, had declared to me, that they did actually do ll e c things, and that it a sense were lo bo in any manner trusted, they hud seen it all done, I would, nevertheless, not believe it. 1 w.is told bctorolmnd, Hint it required faith and pit > rity on the part of the performer, and that not a drop of blond -would follow, lint that other, wise, a (Vw drips of blood would sometimes ' follow Ihn instruments, and the per.'brmnr ' would roco-ve some slight injury. On taking my departure Irnn the tent I happened In suy that i should at nil events think more honorable ot iheir prowess if I 11 saw them exhibit lo tin* open fare of day and h divested of noise, motion, paraphernal a, &c. ii On the following d iy, while reclining on my con -h, at about 2 o’clock, reading an English newspaper, without a servant or a soul in nr me, in rushed llimr Kaz"o. (priest or jud ;e ) l ' his hands ful of instruments, which Knowing ° upon Iho ground ho seiz’d one plunged u a Inrongh his cheek on the 101 l side, another on ; the right, a third through Ins longue upwards, so Hnii ii stuck into Ins nose, another through Ins throat; lie then stabbed himself with a 0 bright sharp creese, w Inch entered Ins body t! about three inches; not n drop ot 110 id lei; he was going to cut oil his tongue when I | H begged of him to desist. I was, m t null, per fectly nauseated at the sight. The man was in a state ot IrenzVi and really looked Irlgln- c ful, his faecs'uck lull of instruments and stib w king and culling himself with nil Ins might. .. 1 sang out for some people and turned him out. 1 have now told yon what I have seen, and yet 1 will not ask you to believe it, tor 1 know K not myself what to think.—There arc many 1 persons of very strong minds in oilier respects, ij who firmly believe, and who do n t. In s tate to j / declare their belief, that, although driven out i . of Christendom, demonology, witchcraft, no cromnney and the entire list of black nod 1 forbidden arts and pow« rs, isio abroad and in ful! existence in India. And 1 must declare (lint I will never nga n Irn-I my sense, if I did not see all that I have told yon. I examined the instruments, I saw them drawn out of the flesh, and no blood or mark left; 1 also saw a man eat and swallow three ounces of arsenic I and crunch and swallow glass bangles intui- 1 metallic, and yet, although “seeing is heln v- j ing," 1 can scarcely say that 1 believe what, before a court of justice, 1 would swear I have seen. Astrolug v. A celebrated writer, treating on this subject, said it was remarkable that among the many predictions winch have been nia le by astrolo gers trnin time to time, so lew ol them have been verified.—History, however, records ma ny instances where the predictions of aslrolo gers have been fulfilled, in the present age, when such events occur, they arc merely con sidered remarkable coincide net s. Too Duke ol Athol, uncle of .lainrs 1. ol Scotland, had been a-snred hy n pretender lo the occult sciences, that he would live lo he a Kmg—and would he crowned publicly in pre sence of a large assembly ot the ,»eoj>le, lie put ‘mill in tins prediction, and io hasten the fulfil inenl of the prophecy, caused Ins nephew to he assassinated. <sut he paid the penalty of his prime—and w is led lo exei u'ion m one of the public squares of Edinburgh, lie w,is liiunti d and reviled by the populace—who placed on bis head an iron crown, on which was inscribed ‘‘The King ol Traitors." The fate of .Eschylns,the Greek tragedian, is well known, h Ins been predicted that he would be killed by the falling of a house. One day, wh le ho w.-s walking m the fields, at a distance from any human habi'a ion, an eagle, which had carried elf a tortoise m Ins talons, hut could no', disengigo the meat fr mi the shell, perceived tlie l aid head of the poet, and probably taking it for n rock, let the tor toise fall upon it tromji great li-ight. .KNchy lus had the worst of .1 —or Ins skull was frac tured, and lie died on the spot. An As'rologer at Hie (burnt of Lewis XI. ol France, predicted an afil cling event, winch came to pass—The king sent for the sage, having previous')' «-rJ< red his satellites to he prepared at a given s goal lo se ze Ii m and throw him out ol the window. The king sa d lo him, on Ins entrance, “You. who pretend to lift the veil of luturily, ran you foretell tl e e.\. act hour of your own death 1 ’ “No. Sire,” said the wary Astrologer, with admirable pre sence ot mind, suspecting the design of the ty- j rant, “J only Know Hint 1 rhttil <iio rxiiCtly i three (lays before your Majesty !” Thokmg | I was thunderstruck at thsanswrr, end ro f ained from giving tlie oign’il. Sir Wal rr , S,:ivt hits very ingeniously inlerwov nth s an s ecdote m'o the tale ol Qnenton Durward. . | Carden, a Sao'henyer, wlm dealt extensive • j )y in horoscopes, was not poriicil irly f ntima'e in It's predictions. In one instance, however, he made use of n veryeir-ct nl mem bto guard nganiM any mistake. He predicted tin: day I "> It « denlli—and when the time dtow near, an I his In alt ft, much to his rnorltli cation, con | limn-.l ininipiiired, h: abso'utoly nht-.lnini'd t •; f om. so ul, and drdof I am per, tin I lie tiay pre* j dieted, that he in: ,;lit not. f ils:ly ht-' pr (lidton ■ i ’J'< at. or.idcof mortal and pnlitical wisdom, lord Hamm in Ins chapter upon Prophecies. . ! speaking of modern predictin' h and prophe, I c;es, siiys : “Mvjudgment is, ihu' they ought . all to lie de l picet); lor they have done much i miai hies. 1 see many severe laws made to i suppress them. That which, halhgiven them j some grace and some credit, cnnsistctli in | three Hungs. First, that men mark when they hit, hnl never mark when they miss, ns I they do enernlly. The second is that prolm- ' hie conjectures or obscure traditions many | times turn themselves out prophecies. The third and last (which Is the great one) Is that almost all of them, being infinite in number, have lieen impostures, and by idle and cmf y brains merely contrived olid feigned alter the event passed.” ■ ■■*• ■' . • • •.._«.,/*!*■ ~jrK.*-r* r rica n <'’-*Tnr-iif CHRONICLB AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. SiiUinluy Morning. lliio(»er i-’o. t- ■*-».- ■ . - ___ Tim following table will exhibit the majority nl eiieh Slate Rights candidate, in the late Con gressional i lection, over each candidate on the \anlin re n Ticket, To find the majority of any Slate - Ihglils man over any Van Huron man, trace the column opposite the n ime of each until (hey intersect each other—at the point of intersection you find the required majority. The average majority, ns wo staled yesterday, is 1303 j being a Rain since the last election of 441 votes in the whole Slate. ; ■ ff !? C as x x < t r. 1 Q c n n “J t ; n a •; c S =‘a ■ I Damon, .41:111 a 13a 2225 23311 «3(MI mil tr.il. H .(to? Coh/veil, I2W-J|3IB ItnaVhJlJ 1»j1562 1U) 11711,1787 j Air,in/, tsoe 123,1 i3-a iioh ii7n llo2 iaiy'i(W*|ir.77 1 1 11 I I i Habersham 1101 1191 IS3O 1301 1.152.111,5, I 172'15P0 1830 1 lII* King, llOljmi li?0 1301 l3J4|l3rS Pita I3io 1970 i: ll’nrrrn, 77f1 ( Ttllij r-t. 5 B7(lJ 007 1000 105|1243 1 t/hhrf, 735 75,5 Will t'3s; Did 1019 10-11) I IS-tIISOI I | I I 1 Work, f.ilfl 700 7J5* PP7* 0 7 070 097 1108 1153 (l II i I n Cn prr. (113 02, G9>l Hll ?;M 697 021 1032 1062 (, The following is mi extract of a lottter from ! the Uev. Doctor Church, President of the Uni versify of Georgia, to a gentleman in this city : fi ‘‘Vou have probably hoard dial it is very sickly 1 in this place. Very exaggerated accounts, wo ,r understand, mo abroad concerning (lie sickness | ); in ( ollege. J ivo interesting young men belong- pi mg to lire College, have died with fever—con Restive 1 believe. Hud these young men recover- ['* ed, Ido not suppose the exaggerated accounts to Would have gone out. Thera have been n few w ulher cases ol slight fever and indisposition,such j as is usual to our climate, and often the result of ■ . it-. to improper indulgence m eating fruit. ~i Jdo not suppose that Iho sickness which has A occurred here, would have been considered onv thing exliaordinary, hut for the hitherto extra , 1( "dinary exemption of our town from disease of se ihnost every kind. I have heard that reports arc at Suing through the country, that there are local \ sc Muses—such as cellars under the ('ollcL'es filled li iviili stagnant water, which are pioclucing hick, ness. This is all unfounded. Nothing of the kind has ever existed. M’he Colleges arc in the \ s.une condition that they have been for the lasi u twenty years—nor is there, as far as any one eun o judge, any local cause ol disease connected with t/i< iu % or m the town. That two individuals * v should die wish lexer in the same week, belong- , ing to this Institution, is certainly a before un i beard ol thing—but can be, 1 apprehend, no * more evidence that Athens is unhealthy, limn an 1 occasional orcuircnre of a similar nature, which , does sometimes occur in the most healthy parts i of our country. i 'I bis Institution has been established more than thiity years, (hiring which period it has ever been considered one of the healthiest places in ibe U -1 Hiatus. I have been connected with it eighteen 1 years, and hove no hesitation iuaayiiig 1 consider ii one of ilio safest places, so far as health is concerned, which 1 have ever seen. \nd ll.eie is nothing now to induce sickness, so far ns no I can see, which has not existed during ihe hist 1 30 years. The season has been a peculiar one Fruit here lias been most abundant; more I believe than 1 have ever known. Than these c ruses. 1 know nothing which could have affected the health o( any one in a peculiar manlier.” -- - - Gurko County Electing. In pursuance of the Resolutions of the late Convention of Merchants and others, and of ihe Kesolutions of the Georgia Delegates, a moeliim ol the citizens of litnkc county, will ho held nl Waynesboro, on the filth Monday in this month, to appoint Delegates to represent the roomy in | the Convention of the Slate, to be held at Mil. 1 Icdgeville, on the *2J Monday in November next. Kssiii nation —The New Orleans True Amor icon announces the resignation of ihe Hon S. S. Prentiss, the distinguished Representative to Con. gross from Mississippi. The claims of private i business ire mentioned ns the pica for retiring from public life. The Tallabu.see Floridian of the 13th savs • Gen. Taylor, with two companies of Dragoons I from Tampay bay, passed through ibis ciiy on Tuesday lasl, on bi» way to Chauabmichvr. The General bad with him ; a Chief of ibe Tdlhrhas s es, llie son of N'eamalhln, and bis negro inter* pro or. His object, wo learn, is to endeavor to find •.be fugitive Clocks and induce them to emi grate, as well as to aid in the removal of tlre Ap alschieolas. We understand the Tullahsssecs ai d Miccosukies have of late shown some dispo silion to bo friendly—.cvend of their head men Have been in nl Tampa and signified their deter munition lu collect (heir people, and auilgni e 10 the Went, General Taylor is, however, nuking active preparation* for n winter campaign. 100 \ at Ic3«t hopes to induce the Indian* to move east of tlie Suwannee, arnl thu* give pe.ee and quiet jto the frontier eettlers. The Indians, General | Taylor informs us, are not embodied, neither is i* 1 In beve l Ibey will be again fount! in any consider. I able numbers, The banks of New Orleans have reported their condition on tbo lot of October. The joint cir | dilation is j?fl 870,848 —of ibis amount $2,027,' j 225 is held by the diff-renl banks. Specie in | tlicir vaults, ', : 3 043,127. ' ~ ' '' ~ From the Columbus Sent,net by Herald, Mveiilful Morning, j THK BASE ISCK'niAItV ! TUB ntILTE ASSASSIN ! ! On Monday morning, between the hours of i throe and four o’clock, the alarm M fire was given, , and the lurid flame was seen bursting forth in the directum ol Court House equate. On hastening ' to the spot, we found the Court House wrapped I in flames, as also the offices of the Cleiks ot the I ,Superior end Interior Courts, standing on the same lot, some twenty yards dis'anl from the Court House, and being entirely separate. The old Court House was but Ir fling in value, and beside, our city authorities are in the act ofhuild ing a new one ; hut the gteat inconvenience and loss consequent upon the fire, is found in the fact of the Clerks’ offices being destroyed, together with all the hooks, papers, etc. connected with the olfiees, and appertaining to the Superior Court more especially, as the fall term of said Court was to have commenced its session on the .-anteday of the catastrophe, namely, last Monday. This was doubtless the work of an incendiary— some pitiful, base wretch, who probably stood amenable to the requirements of the law, at tbe present term of Court, cither in criminal or civil prosecutions, and who lighted the torch with bis own vile hand, that he might witness at the dead hour of night, when vigilance ber'clf had fallen asleep, the consummation of Us fiond-likc wishes, and have the hellish pleasure, of saying to himself, thus fieri sbeih the record! J’oor ford ! let him know that justice rennet be burned, but is of herself a consuming flame to the wicked. On tbo same morning, a most b-tilnl act was committed by a negro man upon an old colored woman and her daughter, who lived without pro tection in the suburbs of the city. Whilst they were silling at breakfast, the negro man entered the bouse with an axe, and commenced his foul work by striking the old woman a blow upon the bend with the axe, which brought her to the floor, and then turning to the daughter gave her a similar blow, breaking her skull, and leaving her in a situation from which it is doubtful whether she will recover. These nets were committed— as acknowledged by the negro man on bis exami nation before .fusliee Clarke—with n view to plunder and rob, the old woman Judah having in her possession, ns wo have been informed, some five or six bundled dollars. Tbe villain, however missed bis booty, having obtained only a pocket book containing the woman Judah’s free papers, but no money. The wretch is now in jail, await ing bis ti ial. Tbe night preceding the perpetration of the foregoing deeds of hold and vlllanoiis daring, a ' rgery was committed, and three horses stolon soma stable in the city. Verily, it is high tint,i that onr good citizens tail awakened to the protection of tlnir lives and nopcrly; and we call upon the police to start tip rum their lethargic slumbers—organ! ea regu ar iind efficient patrol—establish committees of igilcnce, and blow the blast of terror and alarm 0 prowling vapahomls. Uneven ami murderers, vlio bang as an infernal inrnbua upon th« r kiria if our population. , The hand of (he robber is in your pocke'i the . orch of the incendiary is undci your dwelling, , nd the knife of the murderer is a your throat! ] 1 wake! awake !!'awake !!! and defend your i elves. The Superior Court met on Monday morning t the Council morn, was organised, and in con equenee ot the destruction of the Court Hon e ml Clerk’s olfiec by the fire, adjourned lid the econd .floiiilny in December next, intercourse between the Atlantic mul Pacific. \Vc learn with much satisfaction that it is pro posed to address a memorial, signed by the Mer ■bants of ibis eity> to the President of the I ni led Stales, praying for tbe establishment of a line of government packets between ibis country and Cltagres, with a view to the speedy transmission of intelligence, overland, to and from the i’acilie. Such an arrangement could not fail to produce tbo best consequences, not onlvsofhrns the re ception ol advieos from our National Ships in those teas is concerned, but would boos incalcu lable advantage to the commercial inleusls in furnishing the shortest channel of in'er-eommu nicnlimii and a safe mode of transmitting specie under flu* protection ol our National flag. It is also proposed that die ves-els employed bo fast sailing schooners, of the description for the con struction of which e.ur shipwrights are so justly celebrated. The central position of Ualtimore and its nearness to the seal of the General Got. eminent renders it in all respects tbe most eligible point from which these par kc's should sail, and, independently ot any benefit to be derived f rom the measure to our citizens, there is no doubt the j common interest of the country would be best i subserved by the selection teeoinmeiuled. The . memorialists have our most hearty w i-hes for the i success of heir project, the advantages of which must we think, recommend it to the favorable consideration of the Gavernment. The memorial : is. we understand, in preparation, and will forth with ho circulated tor signatures.— Halt, .Inter. PH*!»TI8« ouTwiTTKn—ln the latter part of I August it fellow calling himself li. K. i’hilips, j and represented his young wife, who was with I htin, to bo daughter of the Hon. Mr. Vanderpool, ot Alw York, exhibited to us an open letter of credit, purporting to bp from M. M. Noah of the A. \ . Star. and asked us to cash his cheek on Maj. Aonh lor Ssrl). \\ advanced the money, ; and in due course ot mail the check returned pro ; tested. \\ e wrote to the Major inquiring the i cause of Ins dishonoring Ihcdiaft, and he replied, that the letter oi credit was a forgerv, and that I’hilips had obtained money in St. I,orris by '.lie ; same fraud, as Philips’ draft for f 100, dated St. Pouis, had just been presented to him.—Any one who will gt'e said Philips a sound rewinding may charge all expenses to us.— Lon. Jour. Hand sales at Uatksvillb, Auk—“ The Aews of the 20lh says:—"The land sales at this 1 place commenced on the Kith inst., and have | been continued until the present. M'o are in formed that only one quarter of a section has ; been sold ul public sale, and that, at only £1 25 j per acre. There are many who wish to purchase. I who cannot obtain sulUeient gold and silver to ,U> so It is not in the country.” The Mahan k and Ch. I .awrenee Rail Road and Navigation Company is about commencing oper ations under promising auspices. Phis wotkj is ; intended to open a communication between the 1 Hue Canal ol Aew York, near ln;| t > Pads, atidj o pass northwardly through the counties of Heilti met, Montgomery, Hamilton, F anklin and St, j I,aw renee, to the St. Lawrence river at Ogdens | burg, by means of a rail road to Racket river and j theneo by slack water navigation through the i /gtrnlclr.. n olinland water# ami down lire (Jane (rQchic liver to the Si. Lawrence, The route lin been pronounced by enginecis in be a very cligi l b!e one, end the rout i- estimated not to cxceei 1-9000 at tlie niaximuin and £4OOO at the mini num per mile: The Legislature Ins granted 230 000 acres o land valued at 124 cents an acre, to be eonveye In the company so soon as sixty miles of the rnai shall have been completed, and il is supposed lha the passage of Ihe itnpiovemenl through then v ill so enhance Iheir value ns lodcfray the cnlir expense of the underlain g. -Such is the polic; of the Empire State. \\ hnl n lesson does ihi example inculcate upon other Stales, telling then that il is liy internal improvements alone Ilia i they ran deve.lopc iheir resources and bring thei capabilities into full action. — Balt .‘lnter. I.VTKHESTIIfO AnKCDOTEH, TflC N f’W Yorl Express, speaking of the lute (.'lay meeting ii that ri y, gives the following : I Among the interesting incidents of the cvpiiinp I was a shod address from ihe Hon. Peter K. I,iv ingston. “I am,” said the old gentleman, 1 a inn of 71 years of age. I know 1 have lost all th , enthusiasm oho spirit of youth, and ean claim no j thing of that elotjuoneo that touches the heart, o , arouses passion. Experience is all that I hnv , I more than you all.” In the course ol his remark . i he raid that, alter the last war, he dined with Mi , j Madi-nn, and when in conversa'ion about lha war with him, Mr. Madison said, 1 Mr, Clay wa the Hercules that carried us through it. and I ow him eternal thanks for his services to the admin istralion. —These were limes when the counlr; c oild not have been roused but for him.” Mi Livingston as erwaida spoke of a conversation i brother of his (now dead) had with Mr. (41a; previous to Mr. Olay’s offering his resolution against fien’l Jackson for Ids conduct in tin Seminole war, "My brother,” said Mr L., “ad vised Mr. Clay not to present that resolution. I cannot pass, he reasoned, Gen. Jackson is loi popular, and offering it is a g cat injury to you.’ ‘ I know it is unpopular now, hut I will show i military chieftain in this early age of Ihe republic that ifa gross violation ol the public laws passe uncondemned, I wish to stamp it upon the pubis records. I will take the verdict of posterity upoi il” A Dean Kiss—A curious trial was rcccntl; held at Middlesex Sessions, in England. Thoma Saverland, the prosecutor, slated, that on the da' alter Christmas he was in the tap room where th defendant, Caroline Newton, and her sister, wi, had come from Eirminglmm, were present, 3 h latter jokingly observed that she had promised he sweetheart that no man should kiss Iter while ah sent. L being holliday time, Saverland consid ored this a challenge, and caught hold of her an kissed her. The young woman look it as a jnkr but her sister, the defendant, said she would lik as little of that kind of fun ns he pleased. Savor land told tier, if she was angry, he would kiss he also; he Iheir tried to do it, and they fell to (hi ground. On rising, the woman struck him ; In again tried to kiss her, and in the scuffle she hi oil'his nose, which she spit out of her mouth The action was brought to recover damages sot the loss of Ihe nose. The defendant said he hac no business to kiss her; if she wanted kiss ng sht had a husband to kiss her, a hotter looking man than ever the prosecutor was. The jury without hesitation acquitted her; and the chairman said, that ifany man attempted to kissa woman against her will, she had a right to Lite off his nose if she had a fancy for so doing. Fnmsnojr of the Piiess.—ln i hose days when parly warfaie runs high, it may not ho improper to publish the opinion of a celebrated English statesmen, upon the importance of the freedom ol the press. Mr. Canning ohserves-a.“lt isalmost as great an infraction of the freedom of the press, to withdraw the needful support from a newspa per, when t o fault can he justly alleged against it, ,'xcrpi the mr I‘orwuidi.'css amt irutepend, cnee ol its course to destroy the materials with which it is printed—and those who place a just estimate on this great palladiun of our liberty are not less bound to sustain it in one case than in the other.— Vicksburg Sentinel. Land Sales. —VVe believe a'l those who feel an interest in the prosperity id' Louis ana, were not tt little rejoiced when mo President’s proclamation announced that the public lands were about to be brought In Ihe hammer, after a delay which had exceeded the average du ration ol human life. This joy, however, re ceived a damper, when wo received the adver | tisenient of postponement Irom the general land cilice.—Upon inquiry we find that tire reason lor delay mg the sale is found in a claim which the hensol 1! rnard d’llatitenve l ave presented for five hundred thousand acres o hind, principally m the parish of Iberville am extending liom the Mississippi to the Atcha- In lava, and along both sides of the latter river There arc about twenty townships entirely and nine more partly covered by the preten sions of d'Mautenve’s heirs. \ crily this is the era for reviving old pre tensions, and it would not greatly surprise ug should some one or other claim the whole public domain. If the d'iiautcrivos succeed, they will be ■ come immensely rich for the lands m question arc among the richest in the stale, lit lor the sugarcane, a"d worth, perhaps, live millions of dollars.— N. (). Courier. A Powerful Natural Magnet.— An in teresting description was given not long since in an English scie citic periodical o! a natural magnet ol wonderful power, and some circum stances connected with it must m ike it parti, cularly interesting to the American reader. It seems that as tar y as 177”, when Ben jumm F■ anklin was m Glasgow, he hud mud I conversatum with Professor Anderson on tin subject of electricity and magnetism, and pro wi'.scd to send the Professor from America r specimen of some line loadstones winch wen I found m abtt d nice in some places in Virginia Franklin was ns good as Ins word ; and m 17Tf 1 Professor Anderson received the promisci mineral, and pul the tno.-t promising porltot i ol t be mass into the hands of Mr. Crichton, at ingenious mechanic, who was skillful in the manufacture ot scientific apparatus. It wa armed in the most approved manner, but it: power w-.'s m no way remarkable. Severn smaller portions ol the mass were similarly fitted up ; but they, like the principal, proving almost valueless, the Profespor declined rua U ng any further trials, and finally laid aside a! thoughts ot ttie matter. J-overal years passed away ; but, in If SI o ‘ < "-i -Mr. Crichton, casually rummaging t lumber box «Inch stood beneath Ins wort bench, discovered pome small fragments ol tin almost forgotten loadstone, surrounded by trot ' filings and other ferruginous dust; and Lb , serving that one ot these fragments carried i larger /< ard of filings than the others, ho wai , induced to bestow, at h s leisure, what he, a tl a't me, consid red a little hopeless labor, it grinding the Ira.mtetu into a proper shape wth regard to it- poles. Alter which dttiimu turn, iron arms were attached in a temp wa ; manner, by means of a thread, when, to i,„ grta* '"h rise, its Hr t loat. though hastily 1 applied, and supposed to be in excess, require! considerable force to effect its removal. * olr Unch.on n\v thought that the frag ment was wormy of additional labor; In ground it who gren* c ire into its proper form with regard to pohirity, and, when finished, tin e littlesionr, with its arming, was enclosed in a l as thin case of gold, having a ring at tlio top for , it. A load was attached, cons;st ■d ing o a pyarnidal slurped piece of soft iron, •* of a weight judged to be rath' r under its max- | imuin power, that if, seven hundred ami eighty j three grains, while the s'ooe itselr weighs pre- I cisely two and a half grains, carrying, there- j 11 fore, three hundred and thirteen limes its own ,tl weight It is now fifty-seven years since this little •;park of the mine was first enclnrcd. The * a j case was opened about thirty years ago to ex m | amine the arms, hut, the o!d ones appearing at | limitless, the whole was immediately put to lr | goiher mhs original stale. The same mass | of iron lias been used as its loud from the be ginning, and is placed merely in contact with r j( the arms. The power of adhesion appears to in be as great ns it has ever been, and it is sup posed that, by careful application, Iho load g, could he increased 10 consul rahly more than v- ; o gilt hundred grains ; but, lost the trial might ■ o 1 prove injurious, it has never hecn made ic | [Boston Mer. Journal. or OBITUARY. 11 Departed this life on Friday morning, ilie 231 h insi., in Gunton, Gherokee cuiinlv, Georgia, of Congestive (over, Mr. William Harvi;v Tom ill j unbox, in the 21 si year of Ins age. Jhe dc. Qa I censed had resided in the city of Augusta for ihe 16 i last two or three years, in ihe house of Messrs. | Kerrs & Hope, in I lie eapacily of clerk, and liad r y ! heon attending to their business through the rnid r' [ die and upper country, for several months past. 'I At a meeting of lire young men of Decatur, ,s on the 291 h ot September, 1838, Dr David A. le Dunn, was railed to the (’hair, and Henry 13. Latimer, Esq. was appointed Secretary. The 11 object of l he meeting being explained by Col. Jesse C. Farrar, the following committee was appointed by tiro Chair, viz: Col. Josse C. Far rar, J hornas M, Kemp, and L. S, Morgan, Esqrs., ‘' who reported the following Preamble and Keso. lotions, which w ere read and unanimously adopt lc ed, to wit: 11 As it has pleased God, to call from our society Mr. W itliam Harvey 1 omlinsou, a young gentle- I man raised in our village, arid who enjoyed the , ls undivided confidence and friendship ot all who ~, knew him, who was lakcn off in the bloom of ~, youth and promise, whose honesty, integrity, morality and virtue had secured him Ihe eonfi le deuce and friendship of all who knew him, arid er of many respeciatrle merchants of Augusta, Bo it therefore Jlesolved, That this meeting I lender the bereaved father, relatives and lirends j of Mr. William Harvey Tomlinson, their on c feigned condolence fur (his fell stroke of Prove f denco. lie it further Jlesolved, That as a mark of the pr high respect we had for the deceased, and the respect we Irave for Iris surviving relatives, that all lire young men of this place, do wear crape j ( on their left arm for the space of thirty days, as j a memento of their friendship. ir Be il further Resolved, That the foregoing j Preamble anil Resolutions he published in the e Augusta papers. U. A. DUNN, Ch’n. n H. B. JjATiMKtt, Sec’y. |' MAR it IK!), ,l On Thursday morning, lire ISth insf., by the Rev. Mr. Boring, Mr John C. Green to Mrs. Eleanor .1 Reed, all of this city On the 18 rlr ins ran r, by the Rev. Dr. Barry, Mr. Bamdel Overstreet of Barnwell, S. C., to u M.ss Margaret Ki.mciii.kv, of (Iris city. r 111 EH), I On Wednesday, ihe J Ith instant, nt lire resi t deneo of his brmtier, on Sullivan’s Island, James i, Hamilton, eldest son of Gen. Hamilton, ol t hiarleston, S 1 1 At Ins residence in (his co, nly, on the 15th insi., njurn Jong arid pniniul illnr>>’«, in tlto year oI ■ iris figo, Or. .1. 8. Burnev, for many years a highly Ir respectable inhabitant ol this coy. u MARINE INTELLIGENCE. r CHAKI.E.s'i ON, Oct. 19. An- yesterday, hr Gl 0 i e , t ost.T. Alalnga, U l.br Sun, Itrmm, New York, line In’ lie Alarinu, IKlairii, Italtimore, sehr i inuncier. Attains, SI Jogo. Augusta Benevolent Society. " fiO-Tho regular monthly meeting of this Sociotv r will he held in ihe Melhodist Sunday School Room - on Friday livening next, lUth ins!., at 7 o’clock opt 18 C. F. STIJHUES, Sec’y. FIFTY DOLLAiiD REWARD. il L| 1 Rf.D from the Livery Stahieof the snhseri u 0- hers, mi Sunday, the 7th instant,a l uge Iron- U grev Horse, about six years old ; ids eyes had ; 0 a I "g thick tail; legs nearly black; works well in harness ; pacesami walks well under Ihe t addle: * no oihei marks recollected He was hired, under (I the pretence of being returned the following cloy, by a man who called himself George Heaves, i* t who is a from fi fed in height, sallow complected, , linn visage ; was clad in a brown linen frock-cual, ’ satinet pantaloons, a gingham or calico shirt, and had on a speckled i ahtietlo hat. lie is a Pointer by trade, and, uc understand, is from Richmond, '* Virginia, to which place lie may probabiy return. 8 He lind a quantity of Jewelry with him. which, it. c is said, he stole in Angisslft. A reward of fifty dollars will lie given tor his delivery to us in Macon or twenty-five dollars lor the horse. WARD & WAGNON. 1 Macon, Ga , Oct. 20, 1838, St B FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS HEW ARIL RANAWAV from the suo . scriher on the I7lti of Sep f ■ 'ember, a negro man named Xc&ii Tally—he is about 5 feet 8 ~ : I ,ir inches high, and very I -If black, 30 years of nge, ins " i — •—. rather a down loot:. He has i- | been in Athens,Go irgia, since lie ranaway, and may . 1 lie lurking about, (here yet. He possibly may have a pass to last him until Chrisimas, as a negro man j answering Ids description was seen going towards l- 1 All cos w.lh such a pass h j Twenty-live dollars wil he paid for Tally, if de li j livered to me, or confined ir, any jail so I get him, , I and a further reward of uvemy dollars on proof to a | ennviciioi , of Ids being harbored by any white or Iree person of color. JAMES A. DEV ALL. L ‘ j ed 20 wit i 1 B£rThe Southern Whig will please puhlish the (5 l above once a week for a month, and forward their ,1 | account to the Post Master at M illington, Abbe n j vllle district,S G., (or payment. n i BA RG AI ,N M, BA KGAI S 8, i,t,.,i c fJXIIE subscribers have just opened a general S nssorii-ient of Dry (foods of the latest winter j fashions,consisting in part of a French end L iidou Prints H l atest style Florentine Bonnets y Do do French frilled Collars ,-t Do do Mouseline Delaines * Do do Vi toria Alpines ~ Do do prod- 1 Nap .Merino ■ 1 French and English do Ernest style printed Highland Shawls )r Do do Parisian Flowers lor Bonnets „ Do do Rep Silk Do do (fro de Nap Do do Gro de Swi e II New style French Bln ). Blankets ol every des -M: non for Negroes n Satinets Oo do do l.inscys oo do do a M'uolien Hosiery do do l! Sh ies do do ll All ol which Will ho disposed of on the very b, lowest terms. WcKEE & DOM', i ] T )rl trwSw 369 Broad-st. FRESH RAISINS. ’ e i i’nd hall boxes new crop Bunch Raisins, just received and for sale by d 01,1 JOHN COSKERV. RAGGING AND ROPeT | AO G"i's p one Hemp Hope \ SAIO 50 ps. heavy Hemp Bagging Just received,and on very nccon)rnodntin ar I terms, by BAIRD ik ROWLAND IE 1 HO 17 jo t 1 w\sX„ I , DIRECT IMPORTATION. \/iil BA . Ll r b 8-4 10-4 London Duffel ] HfA f Blankets I 2 bales superior Rose and Whitney Blankets. For sale low by i jy.l^ 1 BONES & CARMICHTAET. Georgia insurance & TIMSt CoTT~ Augusta, October2o, 1933. < A N Instalment of Two Dollars and fifty f e n(s "• per share, on Iho new stock, is payable Tin, Day VVM. T. GOULD, Sec’v oct 20 *' ~N EGIJO HUOIi^ OOAA FAIRS stout Brogans, for sale by A. SIBLEY oct 20 ' SPLENDID french prints. ■ fj\t)\t BLN A' SII fi-'A ff have received this 0 day from New Vork, a large supply ofspiendid French Prints of the latest Paris styles, also Rich Embroidered Table and Piano Covers and a "real variety of other articles suitable for the present sea sent, to whic.lt they respectably invite the attention of the public. oct 20 TVRHGS.--Having pnrelmscd the of Drugs <fec.,of VVM HEWSON, hiscus turners are invited to continue to call at the old stand, w here exertions will be made to accommo date them, upon us liberal terms as heretofore. Others are invited to call, and see if they cannot do ns well there as elsewhere. A. CUNNINGHAM £?• 80 lm Ti BOXES Bunch llaisiits,just received and for sale by oct 20 JOHNS HUTCHINSON. FLORIDA SUGARS. FLORIDA Cigars, just received and lor sale at Factory prices, by „ ortB l W. K. &_J. Ik JACKSON. UTIiLRIC H ANTED.-A young man ac- V / <|,tainted with the Dry Goods business, and who can prodneo good recommendations ns to character and ability, can lioar of a good situation in t bo tip country, by addressing li.S. Ir.rougb the Augusta Post Office, to-day and to morrow. ° oct 19 ” 2j* THE TEETH. IV 1 ' MONRO I Dentist, has taken rooms v ooo d n r M ! S Fahe »- sspnn.ous Boarding House, .No 202, B.oad street—entrance either through Vlr \ . Crepu’s Jewellery State, or the passage next door, Many yrars successful practice warrants him in saying that no case in Denial Surgery can present itself, without his giving to the patient im meinate gratification and relief. J bo cute of Scorbutic and sore Gums, taking out Fee.'/!, Roots, Stumps, Snags, Ac. Ac where others have failed, can lie done with the greatest certainty, without the least danger, upon a new and highly improved surgical principles. Dr. M a. “Gold Medal'’ improved incorruptible 1 oclb have no parallel, either in beauty, na ural appearance, or durability, and, above all, they ran of' hebreafr '* Col ‘ ,r ° r <:allae ,lie slightest taint • c r ‘? l s ; .'barges shall hr so moderate that every individual in rbo community can enjoy a healthv mouth,sweot bro lb, and a charm ng set of Teeth. .. li-I arents mid guardians who have a pro- ' j ( r regard lor Iheir children, pnrricnlarlv from H to i i Jeats of age, sliould always consult an experi enced Dentist. ' Painful Teeth tnl.cn nut at any lime of night, at the operating room, 20-2 Broad-street, Augusta, .a. Charges low. Advice, prescriptions, Ac. gratuitous oct 18 .j t pH.OT URKAI).—Kit) ,h| B Pilot Bread weighing about eighty lbs each, for sale low by au g 6 ISAAC MQIBE. I.AW OFFICE. ~ " ’ |VIIR subscriber has removed bis office to tl.e JS south room, second floor, in the Post Office range, where he can at all times be found and con sulted by those who may need ins services, and will honor him with tiicir confidence, eepl fl SindtrAw WM. W. HOLT. DfilAD, in Augusta,a Morocco Packet Book, ®- containing money and other valuables, which ■he owner can have by identifying the same, and paying lor this advertisement. Apply at this oflico. oct it) |(' CLINCH RIFLEMEN, i'| Attention!! A-j, APPEAR on your parade ground, b> s JI in front ol the Unitarian church, for * dr 11, in citizens’ dicss, with arms, on Saturday Mamma, 20th instant, P V at 6 o’clock. By order, WM. FRAZER, O. S. RVKI A caked meeting of the Corns Mil I vvlll 116 nt 'he t.lobe Hale/, an hI I Monday Evening, 22d ins'., nt half rjajd past / o’clock, when business of yl£f importance w ill be gitbmi ted. .■srJSditm, A - ROWLAND, Sec’ry. ret 10 SUMMER RETREAT FOR said;. / —A "'dl be sold, if applied lor shortly, the lot I .j? and improvementsat the Sand Hills.known the Tnrknelt Spring Place, formcr'y "WHO I and occupied by Col Thomas VlcGran. The lot containing twenty five acres, a large port of "'lnch is in woods, and includes Turknetts Spring, from which the City of Augusta is supplied with water. On llie premises is a comfortable dwelling with all other buddings necessary forth) accom modation of a family. Possession can be given immediately A Iso —A small Lot containing between two and three acres, separate from the above by the Mil led,trevdle Road. Apply to ■May 8 HENRY II GUMMING. CA Twenty Dollars Reward. F.annway from the subscriber, about a ’ Hlvd month since, a negro girl by the name /kyi of Aphonsine, likely, and about six t> torn years ot age. The above reward will he paid (or her apprehension and sjtJS&Sb delivery I o J.P. SETZE. ang 27 irwlf C * «Sr i{. I V ES, are now receiving additions -2 * to their fall and winter stock of Dry Gauds* viz: Rich G-4 black Italian Bilks Do gro grain do do Rep Silks, new stylo Hu b coloured Italian and figured Silks I Do figured and plain Satins Superior black and blue-black Cbalcy Do do do Bombazines Do figured do Do black and blue-black French Merino Do coloured da do Do Imfl’and orange do do Do pink and blue do do Do crimson do do Do Linen Combricks and lldkfs Do embroidered French Gapes and Collars Do do Mourning Shav, Is fi-4 and 4-4 Do do coloured do do Do do plain Chaley do do Do fi-4 and 3-4 Cbinelle Do Rob Roy Shawls Silk, cotton worsted and merino Hosiery Cloths and Satinets, negro goods Mis >es’ Fur Capes, and large size do Satin do, new stylo Superior black silk Velvet Do purple and brown do Thread Edgings and Inserlmgs Muslin do do Fine Florence Braid Bonnets Do English Straw and Tuscan Bonnets Rose and Whitney Blankets Mackinaw and fine Crib do French C,’orsnl Is, new style, Ac. Ac Store under I,he (»iube Hotel, Augusta. frw4w ret 155 A ~ * A ” '' j hhMAN who eftm como well rerom- L r * I n . len ,. ns a Eearlier in all the higher branch es of will meet wiih employ by applying .'it tin* office. IS 1 one need apply unless well quali* t,e iwn oct 17 Ikz Ibe Constitutionalist will please copy the above. U E M (4 \ A I. . JAMES ANDERSON & CO. DY WM C. WAY, K 2 » .m’. Broad-strkeT, Augusta, Georgia. . ci A r rem °ved their stock ol seasonable Dry I fi-JS. t.ooils to the store immediately opposite to the State Bank, where they are receiving additions of flesh imported Goods of all descriptions, and suitable to the ialland r\-inier season. net 4 if EA 1) \ XU .A I > I', I »< UT - it INI.. D. COOK, No. 107 Broad-street, hasjnst ti J. received a large supply of new and fashion able Clothing, which together with his former stock, makes his assortment as good as can bn found in any market. All of which he offers at wholesale or retail, on very accommodating term*. Invites his Irirmls lo call. oc 18