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lAM E. JONES. AUGUSTA. Ga. THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER I, 1830. Vol 11. No. 1 33.
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORN I NG.OCTOBER 31.
Tt (Tmceting held in Savannah, on Saturday
last, for the purpose of nominating delegates to
represent that city in the Commercial Convention
which is expected to meet at Milledgcvillo on the
■ second Monday in November next, the following
I gentlemen were apppoinlcd: —J. M. Berrien, Ct. B.
H Lamar, M. H. McAllister, Jos. Washburn, Jos. S.
[ Fay, Wm. Law, J. C. Nicoll, E. Bliss, B. E. Stiles,
9 Charles Green, B. Snider, G. B. Gumming, 11. D.
B Weed.
Canada.
We regret to learn, says the Boston Post, that
I there is a determined resolution existing in large
I and extended masses of the population of the fron-
I tiers to renew this winter the scenes of the past
■ year.
The Steam Packet Neptune, Wilson, reported
I ashore near Smithvillc, (N. C.) has been got off
without injury, and will proceed from thence to
| | Baltimore to take her regular turn in the line.
Post Offices in Georgia
The post offices at Fairfield, Putnam County,
nod at Leonard, Cherokee County, have been dis
continued.
George D. Anderson has been appointed post
il master at Marietta, Cobb County,
It is announced in the Harrisburg papers, that
r the election ofPoRTEii as Governor ol Pennsylva
% nia, will be contested.
It is stated in the New York Commercial Ad
vertiser of the 25th on the authority of a letter
from one of Lord Durham's aids, that his Lordship
will not come to that city, but will sail direct for
England from Quebec, on the Ist of November.
New Jersey.
The two Houses of the New Jersey Legislature
organized on the 17th inst. Dr. Lewis Condict,
(Whig) was re-clccted Speaker, by 32 votes, of the
House and John Cassidy, (Adm.) receiving 19.
Andrew Parsons (Whig) was re-elected Vice Pre
sident of Council, receiving 9 votes, and Richard
R. Morris (Adm.) receiving C.
Cherokee Emigration.
The latest information in relation to the removal
of the Cherokee Indians to the West, is contained
in the following extract of a Idler from the corres
pondent of the Casvillc Pioneer, dated Athens,
Tennessee, Oct. 13, 1838.
“There is no news at the Agency. On Thurs
day last, a detachment of 700 Cherokces left that
place for their home in the far west. About three
weeks since, three detachments of one thousand
each, left there, under the care of Ihrcc chiefs for
the west.
Rules of Hie Rlockade.
From the correspondence between the comman
der of the U. S. ship Erie and Admiral Bazoche,
published in the New Orleans papers, it appears,
that all vessels that show themselves on the Mexi
can coast arc considered as meditating a breach of
the blockade, and as such will he detained until the
decision of the Government be known.
Later from Europe.
By the arrival of the packet ship Burgundy, at
New York, from Havre, news six days later from
France, and a little later from England have been
received. The following items wc extract from the
New York Herald slip of the 20th.
There has been a large Radical meeting in Shef
field, England. The day was rainy, and yet 20,000
persons assembled. Ehenezer Elliot, the author
of “ Corn Law Rhymes” took the chair.
The proceedings commenced by singing a “Corn
Law Hymn”—the resolutions were in favor of
universal suffrage, vote by ballot, annual parlia
ments, &e. The ceremonies concluded with a
large tea party.
Two steam ships of war have been sent out by
France to Mexico, the Meteor and Spectator, com
manded by Baubin and Barbolin; they sailed from
Cadiz on the 28th of September.
A great movement is making in Havre to get new
docks erected for steam ships. The municipal
council have decided against their erection. This
decision has thrown the mercantile interests of
Havre and Paris into a high state of commotion.
The French Chambers will be convoked about
the end of September.
The pope has addressed the Holy College of the
propaganda in reference to the establishment of a
bishop of Algiers. In this address he calls Louis
Philippe “ his dear son in Christ Jesus!” Oh!
The “ London Times” contradicts the report of
a war between Persia and England.
,vln. Editor—ln noticing this morning from
the Charleston Mercury', the death of the celebrat
ed Steam Doctor and renowned Editor of the
Southern Botanic Journal, of Charleston, you no- I
glccted publishing the verdict of the Coroner’s Jure, |
which is ,“Suicide by Thomsonism.
SgVASriV GitLUKJX. I
Ihc Commercial and Farmers’ Bank of Bolti
more has declared a dividend of •W'- ond i half
pe* ccni. for t.te In-f sixmentlir.
The discovery of an invention in thus noticed in
the New York Journal of Commerce, which, if suc
cessful, must prove highly important:
Another desideratum attatned. —A gen
tleman in New Jersey thinks he has accomplished
the end so lons and so laboriously sought for, of
bringing flax into a condition to be spun like cotton.
We have seen samples ol the flax in its nine or ten
different stages until it is reduced to a short staple
material very much resembling cotton. V\ e have
also seen thread, spun from flax so prepared, on
common cotton machinery, and it appeared well.
The inventor thinks he can produce linens as cheap
as cottons. The whole process, begining with the
flax in stalk, is performed without water rotting,
and occupies but a day or two. It there is no mis
take about the matter, and wo do not perceive any,
the invention approximates towards Whitney’s
cotton gin, in importance.
Mexico.
By all accounts, President Bustamante has busi
ness enough on hand at present; too much, in all
probability for a man of slender abilities. Vi hat,
between the French and the Federalists and the
Tcxians, it will be almost a miracle should the pre
sent form of government, maintain itself much lon
ger in Mexico. It will not at all surprise us to
hear of a military chief taking advantage of the
concentration of so many troops in or near Vera
Cruz, to place himself at the head of officers in that
country, as has been done before by Iturhidc and
Simla Anna.
If the battalions of Texas were more numerous,
wo should be disposed to calculate on their speedily
making considerable conquests beyond the Rio del
Norte ; hut it is probable that General Lamar is not
yet prepared to advance, however ardent his ambi
tion for glory. When the news reaches him, how
ever, oftho fresh efforts on the part of the Federal
ists in Mexico, it is possible he may seize on the
opportunity for striking a blow against Malamoras,
and entering the province of Coahuila. No doubt
General Lamar would have a call for volunteers
answered by thousands in the South and West, if
a reasonable p'aspect of reward was held out, and
the gold and silver of Mexico were to be the prizes
of valor and daring.
>So far as an enlarged philanthropy may ho allow
ed to prompt our wishes, we should rejoice to see
the Anglo-Saxon race making themselves masters
of Mexico; provided the con [uost can, as we think
it may, ho effected without much bloodshed. For
three centuries that country has been execrably
governed, and its natives kept in the darkest ignor
ance and the blindest superstitions. The tide of
emigration and conquest that usually sets from
North to bfouth, will find in Mexico the widest and
richest field ever yet offered to man. The effects
of a good government, and an enlightened industry,
would soon he felt by the commercial and manufac
turing interests of Europe and America. Wo re
peat any change must he for the hotter.— N. U.
Courier.
Editohial Chance. —Mr. Sol. Smith, has
sold the establishment of the Mobile Mercantile
Advertiser, to Messrs. C. C. Larigdon and J. O.
Harris, by whom the paper will hereafter bo con
ducted. Mr. Smith publishes quite a lengthy
valedictory, which he concludes with the follow
ing very appropriate remarks, relative to tile jtal
runn-tfe of newspaper establishments,
“Os all trades, professions, or callings, I know
ol none—l have followed a great many—so poorly
paid as newspaper publishers. Many patrons of
newspapers, otherwise, worthy, punctual men,
think it not unrighteous to let the publisher wait
year after year for his dues—and at last, if he is
compelled to pay, he does it with a very had grace.
“Mr. Type must have his money must he !”
Well, if lie must , he must. Give me a receipt;
and do you hear I stop the paper —l have patron
ised that establishment six years—there is no such
thing as gratitude in the world.” Another will
tell you he never .subscribed for the paper —“the
hoy has left it every morning, it is true, and as it
was left, I did read it occasionally—but I never
ordered it.” There is another class of patrons
who never subscribe at all, but are great friends
o! the paper, and always read it —in fact, this is
the class who may be termed your “constant read
ers.” “Here, Sam, go over the way, with my
compliments to Mr. Tompkins, and ask him for
the loan of his paper—and, Sam, tell him as he
never reads it before breakfast, I'll thank him to
let John bring it over here every morning—it is
an excellent paper—that editor really knows what
he is about—l begin to think of patronizing him
myself.” There yet remains to he mentioned,
one more class of patrons—supporters I should
say, for they are the support and stay of publish
ers. 'l'liis class is composed of those who say—
“ Here Mr. Clerk, —be so good as to place my
name on your subscription list—and write oppo
site it, pair in- advance.” In looking over a list
of some thousands yesterday, I saw a hundred or
two of this class. II I had any golden types,
their names should literally appear in letters of
gold. There arc now from twelve to fifteen
thousand dollars due this office; and, I urn
convinced, the new proprietors would willingly
sell all the debts for live thousand ! It is thus,
with all newspaper offices—and, why I—because
publishers are good-natured, and submit to their
own degradation in the scale of tradesmen. Let
this state of things he amended—“reform it alto
gether. Adhere strictly to the terms of your pa
pers for, take the word ol an experienced man,
you had better keep your ink and paper than fur
nish them and your labor for nothing. You
may get popularity, hut you will gel no pork and
cabbage for your dinner.
I now take my leave, as proprietor of the “Ad
vertiser —I forgive all, and ask forgiveness of all,
(il any one has any thing to forgive,) and con
clude by repeating the advice I gave my Cincin
natti fi lends, fifteen years ago, with a slight
amendment: “live honestly—serve god and
PAY FOR Yoril NEWSPATERS.
t SOL. SMITH.
Saturday morning, October 20, ISOB.
> he Press is almost dying of excessive patriot
ism at the mention of Bunkorhill—they arc afraid
that it will all he shovelled into Charles River. The
short of the story is simply this—the Directors
have retained about six acres of land for the Monu
ment ground—enough for all their purposes—and
given up what they did not require, and what, was
not necessary to the accomplishment of their object,
I he land which has been surrendered was not pur
chased with a view of retaining it as a portion of
the Monument ground, hut that the Association
might direct the manner in which it should he laid
out for improvement. The present hoard of Di
j rectors finding that the possession of so much real
estate embarrassed their operations, concluded to di
j rcct their efforts to the completion of the Monu
j ment, and to free the Association from a heavy debt
i abandoning what it was unnecessary to hold.—
i Poston Post.
-J M nig parly of New York have uomi
j nated Ogden, Hoffman, Edward Curtis, Moses H.
i ,j r.nell, and James Monroe for Congress. The
! election takes place the first Monday, Tuesday, and
' ■ ednenday in November next.
I'rrm the New York Express, ,-Crf inst.
The United States Bank.
Wo doubt very nmeli whether the establishment
of 11 National Hunk will bo brought forward again
for many yours to conic. The United States Bank
has now got a foot hold in this city, and in a man
ner that is likely to bo permanent. It is established
under a law of our State, which, it is stated, it
altered or repealed, eannot ailed those banking
institutions which have been or may be organised
under it; and if this is correct, we eannot see why
the charter is not perpetual. The bank is now in
successful operation in this city, as well os I’hila
delphiu; its branches ate estahlislied in New
Orleans, Cincinnati, and various other large places.
As soon as the local banks in Alabama. Louisiana
and Mississippi resume specie payments, as they
unquestionably will in the course of a few months,
there is no reason why this bank may not deal in
domestic exchanges ns extensively, and at as low
rates as formerly. We have il troiu such authority
as we deem satisfactory, that the great bulk ot their
operations here w ill consist in discounting this de
scription of paper. The other large banks recently
commenced in this city under tho present law. end
the great charters granted in South Carolina, 'I en
ncsseo and Mississippi, will, beyond all question,
soon he in operation. Most of them have establish
ed a credit in Europe that will afiord them the facili
ties they require. These hanks w ill find il for
their interest also to deal in domestic exchanges; all
which will create a rivalry and a Competition that
will keep down the rate of internal exchanges to a
point equivalent to the transportation ol specie.
lithe rale of exchange should rule on all parts of
the United States at or about one per cent, as wo
think it. will, the next object will be to have a de
scription ot bank notes that will be received through
out the United Statesat par or a fraction under, ft
this can be effected, there will be no need of a Na
tional Bank.
We are informed that as soon as the banka at the
South have resumed specie payments, it is the in
tention of the present United .States Bank to issue
■ a description ol hank notes that shall be generally
current throughout the country, and that they will
do this by making them payable in New fork,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati. .Now
Orleans, and perhaps other places. Bank notes
with the advantage of redemption at various points,
and based upon the well known credit and solvency
of the United States Bank, w.atld without question
be received every where, and would enjoy perfect
confidence. The travelling community would ho
accommodated, and every individual wishing to
transmit a hundred dollar bill from one end of the
country to the other could do so with perfect securi
ty and without loss. The convenience to the public
would be very great, and the advantage to the hank
immense, as such notes would enjoy a circulation
probably greater than at any period since its estab
lishment under the old charter. A'o bank is so
well situated to avail itself of this valuable circula
tion, as the U. S. Bank. They have their branch
es and agents already established, and have also a
credit made that cannot be shaken. No new bank
can compete with them in this particular for years.
If this plan should bo carried out, as we have no
doubt, it will ho in a short time, there will not be that
occasion fora National Bank which hitherto exist
ed.
From Hie New York Herald.
Money Market.
Thursday, Oct. 2."—0 P. M.
We have received by the recent vessels, private
accounts from the centre of the London money mar
ket of the highest importance to American interests.
The recent depression of American securities
has been created, indirectly, by the efforts of the
London money dealers to discountenance the dis
count of Amen 'an mercantile paper in their mar
ket. These men complain that four or five houses
in the American trade in London, such as the Bar
ings, ITolford & Co., Jaudon, Morrison <t Cryder,
and perhaps others, have already introduced the old
system of accepting hills, which bills arc thus accept
ed in order to be discounted among the money deal
ers of London. This system is objected to as simi
lar to the credit system which caused the convulsion
of 1830,-37. Tho United States Bank is particu
larly obnoxious to those men—to such as Samuel
Gurney, and many other hill brokers on London
’Change that wc could name. Many months ago,
large amounts of hills of exchange, drawn on Mr.
Jaudon al (i months sight, and coming round for ac
ceptance by the way oflndia, China, appeared there.
These bills were based on the natural movements
of the foreign trade of the United States—yet the
London money dealers, probably countenanced by
the Bank ofEngland, raised great objections to their
negociation and circulation. In spite of those ef
forts, it is calculated that $8,000,000 in American
paper have been discounted in the London market
during the present year, partly to purchase goods in
Manchester and Liverpool—and partly on the sales
of American stocks. This accounts for the large
quantities of British manufactures now reaching our
shores. Tho rise of corn in England—and the
flood of American state storks, may affect the nego
tiation of American mercantile paper in London,
hut in spite of the Opposition of the bill brokers there,
we have no doubt the system will increase and wi
den its operatioes.
On another day, we will unfold, at length, the
operations of the London money market as affect
ing American credit. The present movement there
against our credit, is in some respects connected
with tho efforts made in Liverpool to force Hum
phries & Biddle into the market, and sacrifice their
cottons at a low price. From the position of money
matters on this side, as well as on the other, we have
no doubt that American securities in London, as
well as American cottons in Liverpool, will maintain
their position and ultimately come out triumphant.
But cotton will enjoy the first triumph.
New York and Pennsylvania Cana's.
NT.w Loan Cavaib,— fence the opening of
the New York .State Canals this season, up to Oc
tobei the Ist.
The receipts for tolls have been $1,083,.309 38
L T p the same period in 1837
the receipts were, 833 404 01
I lwstlvama Cavals.—Since tne opening
of the Canals this season, the receipts for 'Tolls
have been as follows:
Schuylkill Canal to Oct. 1 Stli, £39C,538 17
Union Canal to Oct. 13th, 112,890 50
Lehigh Canal to Oct. 13th, 100,200 00
State Canals and Railroads to
octll > 892,117 00
$1,507,651 73
Deuuct Motive power, 217,877 90
Total, $1,289,673 77
j In reference to the foregoing, the Philadelphia
Commercial List remarks—“lt will be seen by the
above statement that although there has hern a rapid
increase in the receipts on the seven New York
Canals, over any former year, yet the receipts are
less than those on the Pennsylvania improvements.
It must bo borne in mind tints portion of the Penn
sj ivatiia Canal was entnidy destroyed by a great ;
freshet in June last; and has not up to this time
''con navigable. Owing to this unfortunate oecur
rer ><miwrant of property that would have r
lippn forwarded l<y this mute. has been coiivovod ::
!>y the New York Canals, byway of Ibaltimoro, <■
ami down llip Ohio and Mississippi to .New Or- d
loans. The hiss sustained may lm safely set dow n S
at slso,ooo—probably $200,000 would ho nearer t
the mark.”
inr CilKlT jvAtT.RoATI 11 A\KThe rtlbserip- }.
t.ons to ties in .dilution, wo are happy to hoar, are (
foing forward with energy, and upwards of 14,000 ,
shares havtjialready been taken. Wo mention this
loot only tnjintily the holders of.shares in th ‘ Road,
(who ahmo ere allowed to subscribe to the Hank) i
that by coming forward at once and taking the
amount they are entitled to, they w ill render the la- }
bors of the Commissioners lighter during the latter
part ot tha tune limited for closing the books, and
themselves avoid the incotivenieneesmuldelsys that (
must occur in the pressure that will ensue during ,
the Inst two or three days previous to the books bo- j
ing closed. 1 resent appearances indicate that the
whole of the shares in the Kail Rond company will
1»‘ repr; 1 ;., *‘t«l In't!ie banking Institution connected
with it,— t'lmr/enlon Courier, Oc!. c l7.
Ihe steamboat Ouachita, on a late trip from New 1
Oilcans to Mobile, was seized at the latter port for a 1
violation o( the Act regulating steamboats. la 1
reference to tins and other instances of the sort, the 1
Mobile Examiner says:—“Nearly all the boats
which run to the interior are under condemnation;
and all those to New Orleans are in the same pre
dicament. It is certainly inconvenient for the pre
sent, but who can regret i:, when such a momentous ;
end aulhc preservation of life i<to he attained by if! :
As soon as they shall commence running, steam- 1
boat travelling will bean safe as sleeping in one’s
bed. The only persons likely to sutler by this pro
voking security are the newsmongers. There will
now be ho heart-rending descriptions of mangled
limbs flying hither and thither through tin' air; no
more shrieks of tho dying and seared: no more
scenes of courtship charted at sen with only a thin
plank between the heaven of matrimony and the
deep, deep sea—no more—in short ‘Othello’s oc
cupation's goneand we shall have to ‘get up’
some new method nfdoingthc horrible,and making
our reader’s hair stand on an end.
I.nroHTAXT DBetsies.—The Supreme Court
of Rhode Island has given their decision in relation
to the constitutionality of the I decline law of that
State. This law provides that no person shall sell
wines, or strong liquors, without license, in quan
tities less than ten gallons. Subsequently to the
passage of this law, the citizens of Providence, by
a vote in town meeting, instructed the municipal
authorities to grant no license for selling rum, wine,
or strong liquors, for tho current year. An action
was brought against Abner PeciThani, fur selling
an unbroken basket of champagne, of 1” bottles,
in the same form and package as first put up in
France, to Richard .Smith, Inkccpcr in Providence,
for the use of hia Inn. A special verdict having
been found against Pcckliam, the defendant moved
for Ids discharge, on the ground that the law was
unconstitutional ami void. The emislilutlonn/if iy
if the law i.s fully fuc/ained by the Court. It
in understood that an appeal will be made to the
Supreme Court of tho United Slates.— Buxton
Mtr. Journal.
WiONmcEirr Pukskvt.—Mr. William Hut
ton, Secretary to the Natural History Society of
Newcastle, lias received a communication from the
.Minister at St. Petersburg, intimating that, in con
sequence of an application from Karl Durham, Ids
Majesty the Emperor of all the Russian bad been
pleased to command him to make a collection of the
minerals peculiar to Russia and Liberia; (hat be
had accordingly collected and sent off, per courier,
980 specimens, to be delivered in Newcastle free
of charge: presented to the institution in the name
of the Emperor. Our readers are probably aware
that more rare and splendid minerals arc found in
Siberia than in any oile r part of the world.—
English papa",
Frr.y.i the Columbus fOirnJ Journal.
The Methodist Ciiuueu.—We have already
noticed the sitting of the Annual Conference of this
Church for the Slate of Ohio. We now desire to
mention sundry facts connected with the Missionary
Society attached to the Conference. Tho Society
met on Monday, tho Ist instant. After suitable
addrcaics, (that by Mr. Il imline being eloquent al
most beyond example,) a collection was taken up,
whirl) amounted £o more than $4OO, and to which
a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church of
tins city added $ 100. Nearly $ll,OOO had been
raised for Mission purposes within the bounds of
the Conference during tho past year, and it was an
ticipated that the present year would produce $1 5,-
000. The increase of the Methodist Church with
in the Ohio Conference, dur tig the past year, was
0500.
Tram the Savannah Georgian.
Pith:.—About 11 o’clock on Saturday night, onr
citizens were disturbed by the cry of fire, il issued
from a small out-building of Mr. A. Jackson Huupt,
which was consumed without other damage.
Sfii-TnnAsrnEns iv Arnica.—The tribe arc
alike, all the world over, and i hose in Harhary have
as much skill and as little honesty as those in our
own country'. Hakim Amoiula, a Sub 'Treasurer
employed by the French at Constantine, has been
detected in embezzlements to the amount of 200,000
francs. Should ho conclude to flea to this country
we need not recommend him to the patronage of
the administration, he will bring his own recom
mendation with him.
Lavii at 50 cents vv acnr..—lt may not he
uninteresting to some of onr readers to ho apprised
that the reduction of a portion of the refuse Chick
asaw lands, to fifty cents per acre, took place under
the graduation principle, on the first of September
hist. Hcrctcforo the minimum price at which they
were subject to entry, was one dollar per acre.—
These lands, though not tho best in the country,
have nevertheless among them many fine spots sui
table for cultivation, and would make very comfort
able farms for small families.— Tu; rumbia A. Ala
bamian,
Ctrnnr.VT o" the Att.avtic. — An English j
paper of August S 3 says, a tin canister, close and j
sealed, was thrown ashcre at Milltown Malby, in j
the last week, and the following memorandum was |
foundinit: “New York packet V irgfnia, hit. 42, j
12 North, long. 19, 15 Wet; June 17, 1838.”
We understand tho Massachusetts Charitable j
Mechanics’ Association < onteiiqdale the erection in
this city of a splendid ball, one which in every re
spect shall do honor to the mechanics of Massachu
setts, at a probable expense of $lOO,OOO. — Boston
Xer. Jour.
I
"tioMr, Tttivoa can nr ante as v/iti, as ,
i Dimas.”—A few days since, (says tho National
Intelligencer) as a Dutch baker was driving bis
bread cart over the brick bridge which crossse the
I Washington Canal, his horse became suddenly |
frightened, and mounted wilh his fare feet on the 1
sidewall which suddenly giving way, the hors.:, !
cart,and dr.vcr we e precipitated nto the canal, ; '
which is about fortv feel below the bri Ige; and yet, I
; wonderful to tell, nflhert: e driver T.e horse, nor :
1 the cart was in any way injured! -1 . I
Iho population of Lower Canada may lie esti- |
muled at about 620,1100, that of Upper Canada at
;i.)0,000, and that oft! 10 two races in both provin
ces at 400,000 French and 470,000 English. The :
district ot Moutre: 1 has a population of about .200,-
0( 0, ol which about 70.000 arc loyalists, and 38!),-
000, are either avowed or siu poctod rebels.
Vn:t Amhurgh and his Tiftois.
4 an An hutch, the tiger lamer and lionqneller,
has had a Hare up among his four footed beaslials.
(hie ot his tigers having manifested a disposition to
take high English e round after arriving upon the
soil whose ve.y touch is so instantaneous in impar
ting freedom to man, beasts and bird, Van Amhurgh '
had to light for his own sovereignty. It has al
ways been our expectation that this follows ma
noeuvorings would bring him to an untimely end ,
some time or other, and it instill our belief that he
will he eaten one ol the. edays, 1 (e appears,how
ever, in this ease to have settled the matter with
that particular brute, without a great deal of trouble
to himself. 'l'he “John Bull” has the following
account oftlie affair,— N. tr York (lazc'Jr.
i uriuur utloek in Hr. 1.. n An; luri'h, <J Arihy' s
A v tph lit ealre.l t/ me ofh in 7 ’ prre.
Fince Wednesday' last the principal topic of con
versation in lhi> theatrical world, has been the fu
rious attack made on Mr. Vim Amhurgh, whose
exhibition at Astley's Royal Amphitheatre oflions,
tigers, leopards, and other animals oftlie forest, in
the grand zoological spectacle entitled the “Lion
Conqueror of Pompeii,” has excited within these
few days past so much public attention. Mr. Van
Amhurgh has been styled by the philologos of the
above equestrian establishment as the brute tamer,
mu! certainly the appellation is well applied, as this
daring feat will prove, for never was the courage or
the presence of mind of man pul' to a severer lest.
From the information obtained by our reporter yes
terday, from an authentic source, it appears (hat on
Wednesday last a leheasal was going on in the
circus of tho theatre, when Mr. Vun Amhurgh,
wishing one ofhis tigers to perform a eeitain feat,
which the animal was utterly unable or unwilling to
accomplish, had recourse to severe corporeal pun
ishment, which chastisement he indicted with a
large horsewhip, t.bnarling under the pain oftlie
la li, the animal became incensed, and suddenly
sprung upon Mr. Van Amhurgh, who instantly
was hurled with violence to the ground, from the
strength and weight ofhis incensed assailant. Mr.
\ an Amhurgh, who is of Herculean ease, and pos
sessing extraordinary muscular power, instantly
perceived tho intention of the animal, which was
that of tearing him to pieces, and w ith the cour
age and presence of mind which tew men possess,
seized his foe by the lip oftlie lower jaw, and thus
pinioned him as a bull dog would an ox at a bait.
A long and fearful struggle now ensued, in the
course of which both the man ami the tiger rolled
over several times. At length Mr. Van Amhurgh
got the better of his foe by throwing him on his
back, at the same time kneeling on his stomach,
and with Ills other hand, which was till now unen
gaged. commenced striking the prostrate animal
with his clenched fist, the blows following in quick
succession, over the head, lace, and particularly the
nose, until the blood flowed from the subdued ani
mal, who here quivered under the grasp oftlie con
queror. At length Mr. Van Amhurgh, perceiving
that he had completely overcome him, released his
hold, and the animal finding himself at liberty, reti
red a short distance from his master, and crouched
dov nas if severely suUcmi:; from the punishment
ho had received. It may here he proper to mention
that the performers (so we understood) did not pay
any attention to the struggle, considering that it
was merely a rehearsal oftlie part to he played in the
even ng, until they saw him administering the se
vere chaHtisemnil, ns before described, to tho enra
ged n l l i ll m 1, and its efiiirts to compel Mr. Van Am
burgh to release his hold. This encounter did not
at nil impede the entertainments oftlie evening.—
John Hall
Tub Por.T C«::nut a?;d Isnz rciiixe to
Aukuica.—From Willis’s beautiful letters “ Un
der the Bridge," published in the Mirror, and which
surpass any thing of the kind in the English lan
guage, not excepting Charles Lamb’s writings in
the same pleasing sparkling vein, wo learn that the
pod Campbell is coining to onr country to visit that
hallowed vale of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, which
his pen has immortalized, chough never beheld by
tho author. Boz, in other words, that marvellous
young writer Dickons, whose Pickwickian papers
have spread like wildfire over the reading world,
also proposes to embark shortly in the Great Wes
tern.— A'. V r . Slur.
OBITUARY.
Departed this life, in Augusta, on the evening of
the 27th hist. Mr. William W. Reid, a native of
Fayetteville, North Carolina, but for the last three
or lour years a resident of this city. Mr. K. bore
his severe and protracted illness with the utmost
fortitude; and closed Ids earthly pilgrimage with
the full assurance of realizing in a I etter world
the eternal joys of those who ere true disciples
of God, and heirs of Ids Kingdom, In Ids dying
hour he conjured Ids bereaved wife, and relatives
and friends to prepare to meet him in Heaven, at tho
right h ind of his God. He has left a mourning
wife and son, and many warm friends to deplore his
losi.
Mr. Reid was attached to the Richmond Blue, ;n
the Florida campaign, and that corps paid the last
tribute to their youthful compatriot, by attending
Ills last obsequies to the grave, with the customary
rites due to a deceased soldier.
COMMERCIAL.
iIALTi.woRF., October 20.
('iffer. —lit auction to-day the cargo of I rig Tra
falgar, consisting of ISI2 bags prime green Rio, was
all sold at prices ranging from 11 Jto I!) eK The
quality w.n ninth approved, and bidding was lively,
A parcel of 500 bags common l.aguayra was also of
fered, and but a few fags sold. VVc note sates bv
private contract of some hundred bags St. Domingo
at !b- cents, of l.aguayra at 11 j cents, and of Angos
tura at. 12 cent-;.
JAih —(."nilei] sales of "\o, .7 Mackerel at, ‘-,7,2.7,
and of No. 2at $ll. Sales of No. 1 Herrings, Poto
mac and Susquehanna, at Hi a $6,26. 'J lie. inspec
tions of the week arc 420 bids, and IS half bids.
Mackerel, and 60 bids Herricgs.
lliwatd she"t Unur. —ln the car’y pact, of th°
week, sales from stores were, made at $7.75, hut
since the receipt of th" English advices by the Hi
bernia, the market has assumed more firmness, and
the principal sales from stores have been made at
. Jho demand is limited. We quote that
prme to-day, although -/.mo holders a;k Jtj. The
wagon price is $7,50 a, $7,621.
City Mills Hour. —s a : e;i of parrels yesterday at
47,76. ‘ ome holders ask Market t aim.
Jiyc Hour. — We hea r o no opera lions.
'J he inspections of the week, ending on Thursday
even in g last, comprise the following k.nds and quan
tise:
bile, half hbls.
Howard street, .'..fiOf! 74
City Wills, 6149 413
Susquehanna, CO 00
Total, 11,117 M7
Besides 31 b. Is. Bye F our.
I.’xW York October 26. j
Colton. —The market hes exhibited a . tne more I
firm e • to-day. About 600 bales to an exporter, ’ (
1 r nripnlly I |'lnn<!, at 14 a 1 I t rents for new, an
K1 to I I tents Cor old.
I lour. —The sales have born considerable to-day
at 5...H1 a 88,62 fur common I rands, which was the
regulating rates of yesterday.
< o s ternly sales at 91 a CD rents.
r IfAvnr, September 30.
' niton lias not been very ac tive during the month;
■ n '.‘ '' as ra ” st>1 ' by the various movements in July
and August, 1 lie sales have amounted to 18,000
al s , mostly lur our own consumption at 80 a 80
or inferior to middling; 05 a 100 for middling to
lair; no a 120 fur fair to good fair; 112A a 125 for
good to fine.
Cotton. r.h. mrired. Lin. rnld. Stock on hand.
Louisiana, 42'ltJ MJ7 16 063
Mobile, 2361 13,633
t-oorgia, Carolina? ,
and \ irginia, j 1483 BCCO 22,778
Sea Island, . ]]4 232
Pernambuco, 1340 102 3337
)’ la,l‘l’. 1 a,l ‘1’. 72 60
Martinique, 41 41
Cumana, 352 418 1004
( ayenno,
; ur y. 50 50
Sundries, 1041; 037 39
W»4O 27921 60,302
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
CirAßr.rs-roK-, October 30
~ ‘ rr:w ‘: :r ; 'mMjc.-Porti.gne.se brig Villigante,
.-uu/a, Havana ; hr Damsel, Thomas, Baltimore.
II cot In .SCO ijpolerday Steam packet North Caro
i.n.v, \\ i.Tmngton,
... , r , , Savamtaa, Cctf er 29.
pbiii m< ~ C ‘ lr ’ AmCr ‘ Cnn J '- a S Ir > Scull, I hiladel-
Arrivcd— Ship Admittance, Smith, Liverpool, sail
‘"•p V s ' hr ' ' avimnah. Lawrence, Has (on ;
'■'oop Kagle, Huoles, New Ledford.
delplhf *° '“‘"~ Sthr AmeHcan Ep K’- c . Scull, Phila-
KXHOIJ'I'OR’S s.\ I.M. ”
WO*I- 1 0 sold at the late residence of John
V 9 Derry, ecceasod. near Wrightshoro, Colum
bn county, on Tuesday the 4th ray of Lerember
next, between the lawful limns of sale, all the per
il-, liable property of said deceased, consisting of corn.
Judder, the present crop of cotton in the . ale. horses,
mgs and cattle, plantation tools, house hi'd and
‘ ‘tclion furniture, with other articles too odious to
enumerate. The negroes will he hired ti 1 25th
Deeemj-er following. Sale to continue from ,ayt>
day 10l all is sold. Terms ar sale,
BIRD DIRTY, ExT.
Onto' or 27. 1808. ’ t j
Qt Kt » KKWAUD.—A reward of f,rt} r doisS
)i.) -?\r will he paid to any person who will ap
prehend and deliver to the Sherilf or Jailor of Pulaski
county, a man by the name of .MAUD N SIMS, who
1 has 1 1 okc jail in Hartford, Pulaski county, Sims is
. about fm ty or forty-live years of age, a! out six foot
nr.mine high, is :i man ol dark corrifdei tion ai ddark
hair, in stature tolerably well propoitinned for his
age 1 he has formerly been a citizen of North Caro
lina, and more recently from Lawrence coui ty, in
this stale; ho has a family in Pula ki county, al
t lii time. I inis lias a blemish in one eye whhh d -
• prices him of sight, lias a fellon on it ’which looks
[ while; he has on examination large scars 011 his
i hips, on a donod by lying on them in a lung spell of
. sickness, lie was confined in jail fur stealing a nc-
I gro, and for a more full description of Sims' villainy
I I refer the pu lie to a piece in the Recorder and
land nil of I nion, whhh has hern published for the
' la't six months over the signature of Bryant Johnson.
>’ ° ( t3l ts SAMUEL H. WEBB, Jailor,
d The Recorder and Standard of U ...on will
6 publish the above untill otherwise directed.
VVA RHKXTON ACADMMV.
riTTIIM Trustees of this institution are happy to
fl state to the public that they Have procured the
L : ervices ol John Mojsaoiian for the next year, who
- will open the School on the first Monday in January
I ext. The reputation of Mr. Monaghan, the exer
tions of the Trustees now making and to be contin
ued, the health and accessibility of Warronton, pre
• sent strong claims to public attention and patronage.
All the branches of Academic and Collegiate instruc
tion will he taught. Terms of tuition and board
reasonable.
7 ’rust ces.—ll en ry Lockhart, William P. Butt,
John Moore, S. W. Smyth, p. N. Maddux.
By order of the Hoard,
Cl. V. NEAL, Secretary.
0f t 3 1 wilt
WAKKri.t SH !•, It I i-T."’.S .S I.*;.
tie sold nt the court house doyr in said
9 7 county,on the first 1 uesday in January next,
between the usual hours ol sale, the following prop
erty, vis ; three Negroes, Dick, a man fifty years of
age; Raymond, a boy II years old, and Hartley, a
boy 10 years old, levied on as tile property of
Haynes S. Ryan, to satisfy one mortgage fi. fa. in
■ favor ofJ Thomas Gibson, administrator on the estate
of Dennis L. Ryan, deceased.
JAMES HALL, Dep’y. Sh’lT.
Onto’ or 30, 1838. pj
B 1 ■ (’ RECEIVED at the Augusta Hook store, by
dll W.M.J. HOllliV,
I he (lilt, for 1839, elegantly bound
1 he \ iolet, or Juvenile Souvenir, edited by Miss
Leslie
Bnhver’s Lelia, with f.fteen illustrations
Homeward Hound; Kate Leslie
Kemble’s Christian Year
'i'he Woman of the World
Damascus and Palmyra
Joanna llaillie’s Poetical Works
< hareoal Sketches, with illustrations
Travelling Bachelor ; Hoyston (lower
Miss Leslie's Complete Cookery
Young Husband’s Hook ; Young Wife’s Book
Eife of Scott, &c., ike.
Al.m —Almanacs by Hie gross, dozen or single,
oct 20 0 3t
WSTUITK LEAD, LINSEED OllT&c.—Pure
Vs ground While Lead ; also, No. 1 and 2 best
American Linseed Oil, together with a large assort
merit of Paints, for sale low by
net 3li ANTONY & HAINES.
fHIHE AUGUSTA BOOK STORE is removed to
SJ No. 20S, three doors below its late stand, on
Broad street, where the subscriber has just received
an additional supply of Theological, Medical, Scien
tific, and Literary works, together with an assort
mcnl of School Hooks, Blank Books, Paper, Quills,
fee. which will be disposed of 011 reasonable terms,
oct 29 3t WM. J. HOBBY.
HOSIERY, CfI.oVUS, Ac.
riri 11. WYATT & Co. hevo received and open-
II . ed a very large and well assorted stock of
Men s Women's Misses, hoy’s and children’s Hosiery,
of all sizes and qualities, among which arc the fol
lowing :
Men’s superior Lamb’s Wool and Merino Hose and
half Hose
Do stout and heavy Woolen half Ho'c,
Women’s black and white Cashmere Hose, a new and
superior article.
Do Lamb’s Wool and Merino Hose, a^ortei*"
Do white, brown and black cotton Hose
Misses white and brown checked and plain cottoij
Hose
Do and children’s Lamb’s Wool and Merino Hose
Boy’s worsted Merino and Lamb's Wool do
Black and white silk Hose and half Hose, assorted
White, colored and black si.k and Kid Gloves
L >ng v’h.te Kid Gloves
Men's If 1 kin and Buckskin Gloves
0 ere M irieo and heavy Woo'sn Gloves
10 colo el, Mack and lined leli i do
Also,
A full a-j rtmentof Hon azke, Satin and Mote
CU'-r, ,iru e to order, and cut narr> w, and fine Linra
Collar., Oct 22