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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUS T A.
MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER-10,
We learn verbally from Millcdgevdle, that the
free Dunking I.aw, similar in almost every respect
to that of Ne w York, has passed the House of
Representatives. A letter to a gentleman of this
city, received Saturday evening, confirms the in
telligence, and states the majority for the hi 1 a>
15. It also added that its passage by the Senate
was probable.
The Hon. Patrick Noble, was, on Saturday last
elected by the Legislatu e of South Carolina
Governor ol that State for the ensuing two years
The vote stood for Noble 96, for Elmore 58.
Thomas Smith, of Darlington District, was
also elected Lieutenant Governor of that State
on the first ballot, by a majority of one vote, over
Mr. Henagen, of Marlborough district.
The Hon. Angus Patterson, of Barnwell, was
elected President of the Senate, without opposi
tion, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna
tion of Mr. Noble.
■' The inauguration of the Governor elect is ap
pointed to fake place to-day.
A fire occurrel in St Louis on the night of the
21st ult., which entirely consumed a whole block.
The amount of loss was very considerable.
The Savannah Insurance and Trust Company 7
of Savannah has declared a dividend of seven
per cent, on their capital for the last six months.
Their previous dividend was ten per cent, making
together seventeen per cent, for the last year.
We learn from the Sf. Louis Bulletin of the'
26th ult. that Thomas H. Benton has been re
elected to the United States Senate from Missou
ri, for six years from the 4th of March next, by a
- 27 votes.
French Indemnity,
The Secretary of the Treasury gives notice
that the arrearages of interest due from the French
Government upon the first four instalments of
the indemnity, having been received by the agent
of the Department, the net proceeds will be paid
by the bank of America, New Y'o.k, in three
days after the paaticulars of the claim shall have
been lodged at that bank.
The net proceeds of the arrearages of interest
now to be paid, amount to 22,145-10,000 pci
cent, on the original amount of the claims awar
ded.
The President’s Message.
We do not find much in the message of a
character to require comments from us. It is be
fore our readers, who, if they have the patience
to Wade through its cumbersome verbosity, can
form their own opinions upon it, without a lengthy
i harangue from us. It is handsomely written, so
far as the language used, and the construction of
sentences is concerned.
Indeed it would seem that Mr. Van Buren has
labored more to make an exhibition of his rhetoric
than any- thing else, for wo are sure the substance
of the whole could be plainly and distinctly set
forth in half the space.
Particular and pointed allusion is made in the
message, to the enormous defalcation, of Mr.
Swartwout, late collector for New Y’ork, and most
strange to tell, Mr. Van Buren draws from this
circumstance, an argument in favor of the sub
treasury ; but it is an argument which like an
overloaded gun does more mischief to the man
behind the breech, than to the game before the
muzzle. Fearing that it might he made use of
as a tremendous argument against the safety of
the sub-treasury scheme, Mr. Van Buren, like a
skilful logician attempts to ward off its force, by
urging it in behalf of his own scheme, because,
says he, the abstractions of the public money took
place while the system of depositing in Banks
was in operation. This weak sophistry-, may de
lude the ignorant, but cannot fail to he detected
by men having the smallest claim to intelligence.
It was the duty of the collector, to receive monies
and bonds, for the duties on goods, and deposite
them in the banks for collection and safety, thence
to be drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury as
the wants of government might require. Os the
money so deposited by-Mr. Swartwout in the banks
the Government has not lust one single dollar !
The abstractions were made before the money was
placed in the banks, and while it was in the
collector's own hands ! Now if Mr. Swartwout
could and did abstract one million of dollars
’jl-hile the money was merely in transitu, passing
from the public debtors through his hands
j into the banks, the question very natural
ly occurs, how much could and would he
have abstracted, if he had had the keeping
of the money altogether, as a sub-treasurer.
11 instead of being merely the agent of the Gov
ernment to collect and deposite, he had been the
keeper of the funds, his opportunities for abstrac.
tion would have been ten fold greater, and with
the same depraved will to plunder, instead of One,
he would no doubt have taken Tex Millions !
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The duties on goods are payable partly in bonds
and partly in rash, according to the nature of ar
ticles and the provisions of the tarilf law ; and it
was the duty of the Collector to deposile the
bonds in the Dank for collection, as well as the
money for safe keeping. There was no necessi
ty for cither to remain in his hands more than a
day, and yet in that short time, and from the
small proportion payable in cash, he was able to
abstract more than a million of Dollars! If in
addition to his power of receiving the cash duties,
he had also had the power of collecting those
that were bonded, his defalcation would no
doubt have been much larger; but if to this had
been superadded, the power of keeping and
disbursing the whole of it—in short if he had
been a Sub-Treasurer—we leave the readers fan
cy to picture the result! As it was, he was only
able to take the small and trifling sum of a Mil
lion or thereabouts, but if his opportunities had
been as great as it is proposed to make them un
dcr the Sub-Treasury system, he would no doubt
have secured enough to make him a pretty com
fortable liver—say ten-or twenty millions!
These are solid facts for our Sub-Treasury
friends to ponder upon. We call the attention
of the people to them—not the politicians—but
the sober, reflecting people, who, uninfluenced by
the hope or desire of public oflice, always cndcav
or to decide political questions with reference to
their good or evil efleets upen the institutions of
the country ! Upon all such we call, to look at
this unparalleled defalcation, and ask if they arc
disposed to lend their assistance to build up a
system by which this plunder of the public shall
be perpetuated and aggravated 1 We. point to it
as a glorious foretaste of that general and system
atic robbery which is to take place when tha
whole revenues of the country arc to be placed
in the safe keeping of Executive favorites, under
the supervision of such sagacious officers as
Jackson, Van Huron and Woodbury, who
have suffered a Collector to cheat them for
seven successive years to the amount of more
than a million of dollars, without being able to
discover it, until long after he had retired from
office. Mr. Swartwout was one of Gen. Jackson’s
especial and petted favorites; and when Mr. Wise
proposed to appoint a committee to investigate
the condition of the various public offices, Gen.
Jackson met the proposition with a rude and in.
suiting letter to Wise, in which he accused that
gentleman of charging him with falsehood in say
ing in his message, that every branch of the pub
lic service had been efficiently administered. We
honestly hetieve that in the administrations o;'
Jackson and Van Huron, there have been more
frauds, and more corruption than in any admin,
istration of any Government of a republic that
ever existed. If they could all be ferritted out—
the defalcations, the frauds, great and small, the
squandering of public funds to influence elections
the prostitution of official power and patronage
to secure the continance of office, and the thous
ands of other sources of corruption, their history
would till a volume too heavy for a team of mules
tohawl! For this, more than any difference of
opinion upon the currency, do we desire to see
this dynasty broken down, and the Government
once more thoroughly purged.
From Florida.
The Savannah Georgian of the sth inst. says:
“We are indebted to Capt Pierson, of the steam- I
boat Isis, arrived yesterday from Black Greek, for
the following:
On Tuesday evening the 30th ult. a party of
Indians, five or six in number, approached a house
within five miles of fort Hielcman, and after un
successfully endeavoring to entice the inmates
out, fired the stable in which was a horse, both of
which were consumed. Col. Twiggs, on receiv
ing the information, immediately despatched Lieut.
Ashton with 25 dragoons, and Lieut. Mock with
a detachment of the 3d artillery in pursuit. Lieut
A., after proceeding a short distance, struck the
trail, and discovered that the Indians had receiv
ed an accession to their number of about 25, and
by last accounts he was still in pursuit with the
expectation of coming up with them.
On the 2d, four companies of the 3d artillery,
under command of Major McClintock, took up
the line of march for Tampa Bay. Four com
panies arc to proceed in a few days to Pilatkcr,
0 n the St. Johns, under command of Major
Churchill, and company K. to take post at fort
Hielcman.
Important from Jamaica and the West '
Indies.
By the schr. Emily, at New York, from King
ston, Jamaica, letters endpapers from that Island
down to the 4th ult., have been received, from
which it appears that the abolition of negro servi.
tude has brought about in that Island a state of
extraordinary excitement.
Correspondence <f the New York Herald.
Kingston, Nov. 2, 1838.
Dear Sir—Since I wrote my last of yesterday’s
date, I am sorry to say that the post brought us
very had nows from St. Mary’s. The negroes on
Islington Estate, were very bad, and made an at
tempt to murder the overseer, but could not suc
ceed; they gave him a severe beating, and after
wards set fire to two or three thrash houses in
spite, that the flames might catch the great house.
That must have been their intention. I refer you
to to-day’s papers, for the extract of the letter.
In the other parishes all is quiet. I recommend
to your notice the debates, that are published in
to-day’s papers, of the House of Assembly. You
will receive papers up to date.
Kingston, Jam. Nov. 3, 1838.
Dear Bir.—The Emily being again detained on j
account of Capt. Mead being still sick, l am able ;
to add a few more lines to you. I have it also in
my power to send you papers up to date. I am |
sorry to say, that according to the proceedings in ]
the House of Assembly, the island of Jamaica is I
1 ’ 1
in a deplorable state. The canes and coffee are
actually getting rotten forwent of laborers, and
the loss will be immense. Only half the crop
will be made this year, or if not, a difference of
10,000 hhds as per statement in the House.
Meetings have been held in Kingston for the
purpose of devising some means for a regular
steam communication with England. The suc
cess of the enterprise between Great Britain and
America is the cause of the start in Jamaica.
The tradesmen of Kingston are in a bad way ;
one entire page of the “Jamaica Gazette,” of
Oct. 30th, is filled with names of insolvent debt
ors.
Robberies are very frequent all over the island;
no less than ten were perpetrated in the parish of
Trelawney in one week.
The lawyers arc quarreling and fighting
amongst each other; the civil calendar is tilled
with cross actions of assaults and batteries be
tween the members of the bar.
The apprentices are becoming insolent and
riotous; one was very insolent to the wife of Hr.
Whitaker a distinguished member of the Legisla
ture ; the Ur. chastised him and the Governor re
moved him from the commission of the peace. In
return the Dr. moved an opposition to the Gov
ernor’s message to the Assembly, and carried it.
The Jamaica papers abuse the Baptist minis
ters, and say that the celebrated preacher Kribbis
the Governor’s principal adviser. The present
unsettled state of that fine island is deplorable;
fertile and blooming in agricultural lichcs, the
luxuriant fruits of the soil are wasted I y the folly
of man. The Kingston Gazette says that t icy
have one consolation, and this is that when the
negroes commence throat-cutting, the abolition
ists will be put to death before the ba'ance.
The negroes in St. Mary’s parish mobbe 1 (ho
overseer of the Islington estate and beat him se
verely, and then fired two houses. The whole
island is in a slate of great excitement. The
“ Gazette” says “ the people in Jamaica are rather
uncomfortable!” we should think they were rather
so. There are over 100 desperate male convicts
in Kingston gaol, and they have all refused to
work.
It is thought that the Governor will have to set
aside the proclamation law, as the Legislature re
fuse to transact any business until it is done.
They were to decide the day the Emily sailed.
Wc shall therefore look with much anxiety for
the next accounts from Jamaica.
From the Jamaica Despatch.
It is our painful task to inform our British con
temporaries and readers, that the present unset
tled state ofthis line Island is deplorable. Fertile
and blooming in agricultural riches, the luxuriant
fruits of our soil arc wasted and destroyed by the
perverse folly of man. Whore good order, plenty,
and happiness should abound, wc see nothing but
discontent and confusion. No man knows wheth
er ho stands on his head or his heels, for every
thing has been turned topsy-turvy. Stipendiary
Justice has annihilated both law and discipline.
Might has become right.
“And the rude boor may strike bis father dead,”
without incurring the punishment due to his fe
lony, or the local authorities being permitted to
enforce any measures for the protection of private
property and life. And wc have no hesitation in
declaring, that the freeborn proprietory class of this
island arc at this moment robbed, insulted, injured
and persecuted in a manner unparalleled in the
annals of the country. If the inhabitants of Ja
maica had been rebels or enemies conquered by
force of arms, they could not have been more
harshly or contumaciously treated, by having all
authority, public or private, wrested out of their
hands, and a foreign commission placed over them
to tax their property, usurp their rights, control
their servants, and act as spies and sentinels over
their own domestic allairs! They are actually
reduced to the condition of Serfs, for the Govern
or and his Stipes arc their Imperial Dictators!—
Can our transatlantic subjects believe that the free
born Colonists of Jamaica will abjectly submit to
be thus thimble rigged out of their liberty, for
the. purpose of giving unlimited power to a nest
of locusts'!
The Secretary of the Treasury, under date of
the Ist inst., makes the following official an
nouncement.
Tne whole amount of Treasury notes authoris
ed by the act of October 12, 1837, has been is
sued, viz: $ 10,000,000
There has been redeemed of them
about 7,010,000
The now emissions made in place
of these, under the act of May
12, 1838, have been only 5,709,810 01
There have been returned of these
last into the Treasury, about 345,250
This leaves a balance of all out
standing equal to only about 7,754,500 01
From the N. O. Picayune, Dec. 2.
Latest from Texas.
The fine steam ship Cuba, Capt. Carson, arri
ved last evening from Galveston, whence she sail
ed on the Ist. inst. Our dates f.orn Houston arc
to the 28th November.
By this arrival we, learn the loss ofthc steamer
Motto, Capt. Grant, from St. Louis bound to Gaf
veston. It seems that the Motto burst one of her
boilers while on the trip from the Balize to Galves
ton, by which accident five persons out of the
fourteen on board were either killed or badly scald
ed. Among those on board was Capt. Boylan,
formerly of the Texas navy, who had the direction
of her at the time. The Cuba came up with the
wreck, keel up, about six hours after the accident.
1 At this time, there was not a sou! visible anywhere
in the vicinity. Information has since been re
ceived that three individuals were killed by the
accident, and two others so badly injured that
they died in one of the small boats in which the
balance saved themselves. A part of those saved
came up in the Cuba,
The affairs of Texas appear to be in a quiet
state, and the troubles with the border Indians
nearly at an end.
The Houston Telegraph of the 21st Nov. says
that the Indian forces in the East have been en
tirely dispersed, and the Army of Gen. Rusk fur
loughed.
The inhabitants in the neighborhood of Bastrop
appear not to have been molested by the Indians,
and their crops have been abundant.
The Telegraph of the 28th Nov. says that sev
eral persons who were captured by the Common
dies, near Bexar, have returned to the settlements
on the Colorado. They state that they were re
leased by those Indians because one of the chiefs,
who visited Houston last spring, recognized them
as belonging to the settlements on the Colorado
and Brasses. It appears these Indians imagine
that the people of Texas are divided into tribes,
and that as they have made a treaty of peace with
the tribes east of the Colorado, they arc obliged to
release any captives that may fall into their hands
j belonging to the settlements cast of that stream,
j They therefore treated these prisoners with great
kindness, and sent a number of warriors to escort
! them into the settlements on the Colorado. They,
j however, manifested the greatest hostility for the
citizens ot Bexar, and spoke of them as a people
I entirely distinct from the citizens of Eastern Tex
| as.
Provisions arc still remarkably high in Texas
Hour selling at 535 per barrel, and every thing
1 else in proportion.
Among the names of the Texian members of
Congress, we notice that of Mr. Van Ness, son
ol the Hon. C. P. Van Ness, formerly Minister
to Madrid from this country.
From the New York Herald, Dec. 3.
Important from the Frontier.
By the following letters from part of our valu
able corps of correspondents along the frontier,
it will be seen that a tore mischief is brewing.
Arms belonging to the United States have beeiv
stolen, and before long we expect to hear that the
9000 muskets sent to Detroit by Martin Van Bu
ren, will find their intended destination—i. e. the
hands ol the brigands and piratical patriots. The
escape of Bill Johnson and Birgo, we predicted
as soon as we heard of their arrest.
Nelson, Bouchette, Vigor and five others, who*
were sent to Bermuda, have published a long ar
ticle, in which th«|t say it is false that they ever
petitioned or sought for mercy nt the hands of any
one, or that they implored Lord Durham not to
bring them to trial:
Excitement continues to run high in regard to
the recent partizan proceedings of the two Cana
dian judges nt Quebec,
The Canadians in the rebel districts of the
lower province arc far from being settled ; they
are cheating for Papincnu, and say that the Bri
tish government dare not punish the prisoners.
So another outbreak is expected shortly.
The Russian leader of the brigands at Prescott
declares that he had a commission as an officer
from the United States Government, as well as
several others.—His papers cannot he found.
Col. Worth sent over to say that all who hold U.
S. commissions would lose them for a breach of
neutrality. The Paul Pry steamboat, after she
was in Col. Worth's possession, took over to
Prescott seven loaders of the brigands, for which
the Colonel afterwards expressed regret.
An outbreak is/expected in the London Dis
trict U. C. and the 85th regiment lias been seat
there.
No news has been received of the proceedings
ol the Court Martial. A steamer lias been sent to
Quebec to bring up the political prisoners who
arc to be tried by Court Martial at Montreal.
Aubcbx, N. Y.,Nov. 28th, 1838.
Escape of Hill Jidinsun and General Birge—hnpo
tency nf our Executive.
Di;*it Sin.—l hasten to inform you before the
closing ol the mail, that Bill Johnson was brought
up to-day, and acquitted ! Dirge has been held
to bail in the sum ol 53000, and Sprague, Captain
of the Charlotte schooner, in 52000. Syms and
Burns are discharged ; and Tiffany, the fellow
who fired from the Charlotte into the Experiment,
made his escape yesterday and has not yet been
found.
P. 8. I have just learnt that Bill Johnson has
been again arrested on a charge of being concern
ed in the burning of the Sir Robert Peel. Faugh !
Mere dust in the eyes of John Bull.
Auuurn, Nov. 20, 1838.
Dkah Sin My anticipations respecting the
issue of the late capture and subsequent examina
tion of the Patriot ringleaders, have boon most
signally realized. Through the gross negligence
and flagrant subserviency of our officers of justice
Bill Johnson and General Birge were permitted
to walk oil', late last evening or early this morn
ing. Out of the six arrested, five are now at lib
erty. Bill Johnson was under a fresh arrest for
the burning of the Sir Robert Peel, and his com
peer, General Birge, was hound over in the sum
of $3OOO for which amount he has given Uncle
Sam —leg hail.
Detroit, November 21, 1838.
Dear Siu—Presuming correct information
would be acceptable to your valuable paper, I will
send you from time to time such facts as may
transpire in these parts in regard to the Canadas.
This city is considerably excited from its proximi
ty to the scene of action.
The Patriots hold secret meetings here, and
have continued to do,so for a long time past. —
We expected a sudden outbreak here yesterday.
Despatches arrived to Brig. Gen. Brady, inform
ing him that the Patriots had taken possession of
Put in Paq Island, distant about one hundred
miles. He immediately chartered the now steam
er “Illinois,” and putting on hoard a large num
ber of U. S. troops and several guns, went down
for the purpose of dislodging them, A vague ru
mor was put afloat this morning that General Bra
dy had been taken by the Patriots! That we
shall be in trouble no one seems to doubt, yet we
arc illy prepared to defend the city, us the anna
of the city were stolen last winter, and none have
been hud since.
All the young men of the city have organised
into a city guard, to he commanded by one of the
exiled Polish officers, Julian Hulianieki. The
opinion of most persons is, that an attempt to
burn the city will he made in the night, as the
royalists entertain the idea that every one is friend
ly to the Patriots, government and all, consequent
ly their feelings arc none of the warmest. You
would he amused to see the ladies smuggling
goods across every day. The system is amusing;
they make their purchases, and then are furnished
with a private room and a paper of pins. The
distance across to the Canada side being about the
same as from New York to Jersey City; a ferry
boat plies constantly night and day. Should any
thing occur worthy of note I will apprise you daily.
Yours, &c. T.
Detroit, November 22, 1838.
Df.au Sir— Since I wrote you last in regard
to the departure of the Illinois steamer, she has re
turned and is now anchored in the river. Gen.
Brady found nothing at “Put in Bay Island,” hut
on his return stopped at Fort Malden, and was
informed there that a schooner lay on the opposite
, shore at Brest, and that she contained something
worth looking for. The General immediately
“put over,” and on hoarding her found three
hundred anil thirty stand of ai ms, among which
were ninety new rifles ,- she was manned by four
men, all of which he brought hack. Last night
the arsenal of the Brady Guards was broken open
by the Patriots, and 90 splendid, muskets taken
away. The arms on boon I the Illinois have been
rcplevincd by persons here, but the General says
they may replevin them and be d d to them,
they shall not have them! General Brady is as
full of fight as in days gone by. You will proba
bly recollect Pennsylvania made him a present of
a costly sword a short time since.
From Canada — The Eagle transport lias ar*
rived nt Halifax from Cork, with part of the 93d,
05lh, 23rd, and 11 th regiments, and several offi
cers belonging to regiments nt present in Cana
da. Part of her troops landed tire day of her ar
rival, and the officers left Halifax to join their
regiments. The men of the Royal Artillery in
New Brunswick are under marching orders.
The common hangman has reached Montreal
from Quebec, bringing with him the Baron Frattc
lin, as a prisoner.
~ Jacksonville, Nov. 24.
Muns Indian Mouiikiih— lt is some time since
our ears have been pained with accounts of the
destruction of our citizens in the interior. But it
seems the tragedy of lust winter was not entirely
completed—new victims must bleed before the
scour closes.
\Vo had hoped that the remnant of these sava
ges had decided on pacific measures— that no
more Mood was to he shed; but such is not tho
ease. We heard last night, from good authority,
that the family ot Mr. Tennis, eleven in number,
residing upon lied River, have all been butchered!
On the report of a rifle the father ran from the
house and was shot down; the Indians then
rushed up and despatched the rest with toma
hawks.
From His Baltimore American.
Congressional.
Wasiiinotox, Dec. 4.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
Mr. Knight gave notice that he would, to mor
row, bring in a bill for the purpose of allowing a
dimyback on imported hemp, when manufactu
red into cordage and exported.
Mr. Olay, of Ala. gave notice that ho would
to-morrow bring in a bill to graduate tho price of
Public hands.
ihe message of the President was soon alter
received and read, and live thousand copies or
dered to he printed without accompanying docu
ments, and fifteen hundred with them.
HOUSE OF UK CUES KMT ATI VES,
Mr. Garland, . the new Clerk, was sworn in,
when a concurrent committee was appointed to
wait tin the President, announcing the complete
organization of the House, and a readiness to re
ceive the President’s Message.
Several resolutions were adopted in the absence
of the Committee—among them one offered by
Mr. Adams, thanking George Washington Lafny
ette for a copy of tho memoirs of his father, sent
to Congress.
A Resolution was offered for supplying the
members with three daily newspapers for the ses
sion. Also one agreeing to appoint two Chap
lains with the concurrence of the Senate, which
was sent to the Senate for concurrence.
Mr. Adams made a motion to withdraw from
the files ot the House the resolution relative to
the annexation of Texas, before the House at the
last session. Opposition was manifested and a
motion was made to lay Mr. Adam’s motion on
the table. The ayes ami noos were called, and
the vote stood nyes 130, noes 01.
(hie or two resolutions were offered relative to
the arrangement of the Hull.
Mr. Adams offered a resolution which excited
a good deal ol interest in the i louse, authorising
the appointment ol u select committee, with pow
er to seiul for persons and papers, to inquire into
all the particulars of Andrew Stevenson’s lute
correspondence with Daniel O’Connell,
A motion was made to lay the resolution on
the table, and the ayes and noes ordered. The
motion, was carried—Ayes, 140, noes 57.
After this vote was declared, Mr. Cambreleng,
one of the Committee to wait on the President,
announced that a message was in waiting from
tho President. The son of the President, M
>S. Van Huron, then presented the
Message, which was read by the new Clerk.
J he House then passed a resolution, agreeing
to pay the 1 widow of Walter Franklin his salary
up to this time, and adjourned.
P. iS. The following is a copy of the most im
portant resolution offered by Mr. Adams.
Itcsuhed, That a committee of- members be
appointed, with power to send lor persons and pa
pers and report to the House.—
1. Whether Andrew Stevenson, JGnvoy Extra
ordinaryand Minister Plenipotentiary from the
United Stales at London, is or has recently been
engaged in a public newspaper controversy, in
voking his personal integrity and the honor of
his country, whose Representative he is, with
Daniel O Connell,a member ot the Parliumenlof
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
f ■ Whether the said Andrew Stevenson, hold
ing the privileged character ol Ambassador, has,
in concert with other jiersons, citizens of the U.
Stales, one of whom an officer in the Navy en
gaged in a conspiracy with intent to stop the wind
or in the language ol God and Man, to murder
(he said Daniel O’Connell in a duel, or by a pre
dicated provocation to a brawl.
3. Whctnor the said Andrew Stevenson, after
a written demand of explanation in the usual form
among duellists, as preliminary to a challenge,
and with the intent to follow it by a challenge,
preconcerted with the said three other citizens of
the U nited States, did accept of an answer from
the said Daniel O’Connell equally unsatisfactory
to the codes of genuine and spurious honor, and
thereby tacitly admit the truth of the imputation
upon his honor at which he had proposed to
take offence.
4. Whether the said Andrew Stevenson, in
these transactions, violated the duties of his office
as an Ambassador of Peace, the Laws of Nations,
the Laws of the land of tlie Government of
which he was accredited, the privileges of the
British House of Commons in live person of one
ol its members, and the honor and interest of his
own country.
5. \A bother the said Andrew Stevenson has in
these transactions so conducted himself as to re
quire the constitutional interposition of this House
by impeachment or otherwise.
COMMERCIAL.
Charleston, Dec. 8.
Cotton —The Upland cotton market since our
semi-weekly report, has been very animated at an
advance on former prices in middling to fully fair
cottons of $ cent. The sales of the week arc not
quite as large as that of last week, owing no doubt
to the unfavorable weather which lias prevailed tor
several days past. The sales amount to 7,783 bales
the particulars are as follows —4 at 8; 6atBj; Hi a
9; 60 at 10; 39 at 10$; 130 at lOjf- 602 at 1(4; 377,
at 10 J; 608 at 11; 140 at 111; 99 at lljj; 671 at lit;
915 at 11 j; 25 at 1 787 at 12; 31 at 12$; 583 at
12$; 15 at 12$; 990 at 124; 436 at 12j; 15 at 9s;
559 at 13; 322 at 13$; and 304 at 13$. With regard
to Long Cottons we have no remarks to make—the
sales arc still small—3o bales of Sea island were
sold at prices not made known to us. A few bales
stained at 15 to 1C; 7 bales Santeos at 40cts. and
26 bales Sea Island at 10 to 45 cents.
Macon, Dee. 6.
Sales from wagons arc from 9to 12$. Principal
sales from 10 to 12. Cotton came in very briskly
last week; and on Thursday upwards of seventeen
hundred bales were received. Considerable rain
has fallen since Saturday, and we now have a tole
rable boating river, for the first time this season.
Yesterday two steamboats left for Darien.
Receipts of Cotton to Dec. 1, 23,280
Stock on hand, 15,575
Shipped. 7,705
HANK HFPORTS.
A statement of tho condition of the Bunk of
Augusta, October 1, 1888.
To Capital Slocks, 12,000
shares, $ 100 each, paid in £1,200,00 00
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Notes of bank issued, $ 1,730,172 83
“ « on hand 1,452,860 18
“ “ in circulation, 277,312 64
Amount due to the Treasurer U. 8. 2,184 20
Amount due to other hanks, 329,010 37
Amount due to individual depositors, 225,291 16
Amount due to Stockholders of this
hank, for dividends and distribu
tion of profits unpaid, 10,088 72
Checks drawn on time not matured, 31,695 ©O'
Surplus profits, 52,804 10
$2,128,995 19*
By bills and notes discounted run
ning to maturity at Augusta, 854,881 92
Bills running to maturity at New
York, Savannah, and Charles
ton, 155,718 81
Do. at other places, 82,200 33
Amount loaned toother
banks on interest, 71,326 82—309,245 96
To amount of assets not matured, 1,164,127 88
Bills and notes discounted lying
over, viz:
Not protested, nor in
suit nor judgment, 5,942 91
Protested but not in suit
or judgment, 14,215 31
Protested and in suit
or judgment, 216,415 24—236,573 46
Total amount of loans and dis
counted paper, 1,400,701 34
Real estate including hank’g house, 45,500 00
Stock in G. R. R. &, Banking Co. 196,560. 00(
Stock in Kav. Ins. & Trust Co. 4,690 00
Total amount of investments, 1,647,451 34
Protest account, 70 00
Ain’t due by individuals on open
account, 85 00.
Amount duo by hanks in N. York,
Philadelphia, Charleston, and
Savannah, 34,231 75
Amount duo by other
banks and agents, 27,129 03
61,380 78
Os the amount due by
banks and agents
this much may be
denominated Spe
cie funds, 36,360 18
Notes of other hanks
in good credit and
change hills of city
corporation redeem
ed from circulation, 101,675 48—101,675 48
Specie belonging to
this hunk in its vaults 312,528 71—312,528 71
Specie belonging to do.
in other banks, 750 00— 750 00
Total nm’t of Specie
and specie funds, $451,314 37
Incidental expenses, 5,053 28
$2,128,996 19
Report of the Committee on the character of the
1 .oans and Discounted Paper, belonging to the
- Bank as above:—They find that of the dis
counted paper aml loans running to maturity,
There is good, 1,163,977 88
And there is doubtful, 1,060 00
1,161,127 88-
They find that of the
discounted papcrly
ing over there is
good, 211,301 68
And that there is bad, 25,271 78— 236,573 46‘.
Total am’t ofloans and discounts, $1,400,701 34
Os the paper lying over, there is by consent of
the Board of Directors, under mortgages, jitulg
ments <St other special securities, $133,839 83>
And there is lying over under sa
tisfactory security hut not by
consent of the Board of Di
rectors, 73,905 96
And there is this sum not satis
! factorily secured, and therefore
some of it (as above) not good, 28,827 67
Total am’t of paper lying over, $236,573 46
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Statement of the funds of the Mechanics’ Bank,
r Augusta, Georgia, Oct. 1, 1838.
3’o capital stock paid in, $1,000,000 0(7
Bills issued, 1,194,247
on hand, 895,819
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* in circulation, 298,428- 00.
Reserved fund and undivided profits, 73,753 13
1 Unclaimed Dividends, 2,924 00
Amount due to other banks and
L individuals for collection, 73,286 48
Amount due to depositors, 130,097 76.
Certificates of deposites, 99,812 OOi
Checks on time, 93,000 00
$1,771,301 37
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By specie in vault, 161,116 67
do. in the hands
of Agent on the
way from Balti
more,* 50,000 00
211,116 67
Notes of other banks, 189,906 00
Notes discounted, payable in Au
gusta, all considered good, 744,172 15
Exchange running to maturity in
N. York, Boston, Virginia,
Charleston, and Savannah, all
considered good, 186,776 97
Bills and notes payable in Mont
gomery, Ala., all considered
good, 9,852 64
Bills and notes payable inthein
terior of Georgia, considered
good, 31,076 34
Bills and notes under protest, 66,888 85
of which is considered good, 49,872 99
doubtful or bad, 17,015 95...
Bills and notes lying over (not
underprotest) eonsideredgood, 8,562 42
Bills and notes in suit, all consi
dered good, 6,829 60
Merchandize taken in payment
of debts due the bank, 7,783 11
City of Augusta script, 6,650 00
Loans on 23 shares Geo. Ins, &
'J'rust Company Stock, 1,635 80
Real estate in Augusta, 19,921 08
Amount due by other banka, and
in the hands of agents, 276,600 83
Protest account, 65 75
Current expenses, 4,464 16
$1,771,301 27
• Sipce received.
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