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WILLIAM E. JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1533. jd‘ ' You. III.—No 2.
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'♦'* AUGUSTA.
T MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7.
Health of Augusta.
The number of interments in this city, during
tae month of December, 1638, according to the
Sexton’s report, was 18. Whites 9, blacks and
colored 9.
Theatre.
The interesting play of the ■•Stranger” will
be performed to-night—the part of the “ Stranger”
bv Mr. Abbot—Mrs. Haller, by Mrs. Knight.
The theatre has not thus far been patronized
ss well as the company deserve. This is to be
attributed in soma deg.ee to noisy and disorderly
conduct in the theatre, daring the performances,
which destroy the interest of the plays, and tend
to drive away orderly and well disposed citizens-
The manager has very properly resolved to call
:n the aid of the city officers to preserve order
and decoru n for the future, and having been
compelled in justice to himself and patrons to do
so in one instance, it is hoped for the honor of
the city, that there will be no necessity for it in
future. Those who are disposed to witness the
amusements of the theatre, ought to be permitted
to do so in peace and quietness, uninterrupted by
noise, and boisterous conduct from any source.
AVe learn with deqo regret, from a highly re.
spectable gentleman, who arrived in this city on
Saturday evening from the upper part ol South
Carolina, that Gen. William A. Hull, of Abbe
vide District, lias been shockingly murdered.
The horrid deed is supposed to have been perpe
trated by his own negroes, seven of whom had
been lodged in jail, upon suspicion. v, '
—
Wc learn that the Natchez Banks commenced
paying specie on the 28th ult.
'
Dioramas.
Wc understand that the present is the last
Week of the exhibition of the Dioramas, in this
city. To-night, our citizens are to be gratified
with a view of Bonaparte’s Army crossing the
Alps, which we learn is superior to any of th •
tcenes heretofore exhibited. This piece lias
jno.c than three hundred moving figures and era
oraens a view of every corps of the Prench army,
from the sappers to Napoleon and stall. Those
who wish to patronize merit, should do so at once,
as the opportunity for so doing is fast escaping
them.
Pro id I: unlearnt.
The ship Florida, from Bordeaux, whence she
tailed on the 10th ult., arrived at Charleston on
Saturday last, reports that a French sloop of war
arrived on the 10th Nov.from L’Orient, with the
pirates of the Fr. ship Alexandre, on board. The
arrest of the French Consul at Ncw-Vork has
caused much dissatisfaction at Bordeaux.
The vintage was all got in 29th Oct., and they
will only make one third as much wine as they
genera’ly do. In consequence, Brandies and
Wiaes have risen 15 per cent.
Fires in Ncw-Urleaus.
There were two files in New Orleans on
New-Year’s day. One in the roof of the
Theatre in St. Charles street, which, by
the prompt and vigorous exertions of the lire
companies and citizens, was confined to an incon
siderable space—damages estimated at S3OOO.
The olher occurred at the corner of Front un<l
Race strcels, in a tobacco warehouse, which, to*
gether the small buildings attached to it, were en
tirely consumed. The wind being high, the
sparks communicated to a carpenter’s shop near
the corner of Race and Tchoupitoulas-strcets,
which, with the lumber yard adjoining, and four
small tenements, were also destroyed.
Captain Alexander Claxton, has been appoint,
ed to the command of the American Naval Squad
ron in the Pacific. The Constitution, “ Old
Ironsides,” in which he is to proceed, is now tit
ling out at Norfolk as the flag ship.
The Trans-Atlantic Steam-Ship Company, in
order to meet the wishes of the public, has deci
ded upon sending the steamer Royal William out
again, to leave Liverpool 15th December, and
Ncw-York, on her return, 14th lust. The Liver,
pool is to follow on the 10th of January, ami to
Lave New-York sth February.
Gov. Cuss—Not n Defaulter.
The Globe contradicts emphatically the report
ed defalcation of Gov. Gass. It says :
“Wc arc authorized from the War Office to
•*fale, that the accounts of Gov. Cass with the Dc- i
part merit arc balanced to a farthing, and that there |
is not the slightest shadow of doubt in regard to ,
the fairness and squareness ot all his accounts |
with the Government.”
The Washington correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier, writing under date ot the 28lh ult., :
in relation to this subject, says :
“ The Globe, of last night, denies the truth of
the rumors implicating Gov. Cass in any de- |
falcjtion. The matter has created much sensa
tion here in consequence ol the pertinacity with
which the charges against Gov. Cass have been
insisted upen for t irce weeks. The denial of the
Globe goes only to the matter of personal defol
iation. The friends of Governor Cass have a :
right to expect from the administration organ a
further denial of the statement, that Gov. Cass
has been recalled, and recalled for the purpose of
assisting in explaining some gross irregularities
that have been discovered in the Indian Bureau,
which is a branch of the War Department. Mr.
Cass is a popular man, and his numerous friends
will not tail to require from the Globe a more ex
plicit and less reserved reply to the reports set
afloat here by the administration men.”
Nine Days Later f rom Fin ope.
The brig Tybee, arrived at Charleston, on Sat
urday, in the short run of three days and a hal
from New York. The Tybee brought New
York papers to the 31st, containing the following
European Intelligence. Wc make such extracts
as our limits will permit from the Charleston
Courier, and Mercury ;
England.
Throughout the course of yesterday, several of
our European packets arrived. The Europe,
Capt. Marshall, the Sheridan, Capl. Depcyster,
the Columbus, Capt. Cropper, from Liverpool :
and the Emerald, Capt. Orne, from Havre. The
Columbus brings us the latest intelligence, the
London papers received by her, being to the eve
ning of the 19th nit., and from Liverpool to the
20th. From the Emerald, from Havre, wc have
at the time of writing, no accounts —her regular
day of sailing, however, was the 16th, and she
will therefore probably bring nothing later.
The great stalking horse of European politi
cians, appears to be at present, the relations be
tween Russia and England, growing out of the
views of the Emperor of Russia on the British
possessions in India and on the Turkish Territo
ry. We believe that there is a highly exaggera
ted and totally unnecessary feeling on these sub
jects, existing both in London and Paris, and
that the Russian Autocrat is much more harm
less, than the general opinion there would seem
to indicate ; at any rate, the Turkish and British
squadrons in the vicinity of Constantinople,
whose junction had afforded so ranch ground for
speculation, had separated, the British squadron,
under Admiral Stopford, returning to Malta, af
ter the Russians had, no doubt, given to the Bri
tish Ambassador, at Constantinople, sufficient
guarantees of the peaceable intentions of their
sovereigns.
Loxnoy, Nov. 19th.
W e are here in the midst of dense fogs and uni
versal dulness, which invariably prevail in tills
country and climate, throughout the month of
November, and in a considerable degree through
out the whole of the winter months. A contrary
wind has also been prevailing fur the last ten days,
and we have consequently been without the arri
val of any of the American packets, which can
convey later intelligence from New York than
that of the 20th ult. by the Royal William steam
ship.
The money market of London continues in a
very inanimate state—and there is very little
. speculation going forward at the present lime.
American securities have been, however, rather 1
extensively dealt in during the last three days—
the value being well supported, and the ukler of
the securities having a slight disposition to ad
vance in price. United States Bank shares have
been sold in very considerable sums at £25 2s.
fid., and in one instance the intermediate amount
has been paid between that sum and £25 ss. Od
—the investments in Bank Stock being observed
to have been recently unusually large from Bir
mingham and others of the manufacturing towns.
Os the new American securities one only lias been
ncgociatcd within the last few days—this being
the Alabama sterling loan, of which the sum of
250,000 dollars has been taken by the house of
Palmer, Macillop, Dent & Co.—on condition,
however, that the remainder of the loan be with
held from the market, for the present time. This
arrangement has been concluded in consequence
of the pressure of time with reference to the re
sumption of specie payments, by the Banks of
Alabama, on the first of January next —to facili
tate which, the above sum has been taken up by
the agent of the Slate, and the money is to be
shipped in silver, direct for Mobile, in order that
it may arrive in time to be available, if required at
the time of the resumption of cash payments by
the Banks. The rate at which the house of Pal
mer, Macillop, Dent <Sc Co. have furnished the
money to the State of Alabama, has not precisely
transpired—but the bonds arc about to be otic red
on the Stock Exchange at 94, with a dividend
payable from the first of lasi July. In the other ,
negotiations for loans nothing lias been conclu
ded—but there is said to be a proposition coming ,
forward for the consolidation of several of the re
quired loans into the form of an ominurn, which,
it is believed, would aliord considerable facility to
the sale of the whole—though the particulars of ,
the project are not yet very accurately known on ,
the Stock Exchange. The business ibis after- ,
noon has been very inconsiderable, and the quo- ,
tations are as follows—but the prices to be taken
as extremely firm.—New-York 5 per cent, 1844, l
92 ; Pennsylvania 5 per cent. 1862, 94 a 95 f '
Virginia 5 per cent. 1845-61, 85 j ; Ohio 5 pi;
cent, 1850, 101 at 1 01A ; Louisiana 5 percent. ,
1844, a96 ; Illinois 5 per cent. 95 a 96; .
Ncw-York Lile and Trust 88.
The Cotton market continues to be well sup
ported at Liverpool, and there is yet no appearance ,
of any decline in price. The contests as to the |
correctness of the reports on the stale of the pre- |
sent crop, as brought by the Royal William, have ,
almost died away, and the result is that, very lit- j
tic doubt remain, that the crop will be so much .
less than that of the recent year, that the markets ,
cannot reasonably be expected to bo lower than
at the present time. Among the reasons for this ,
opinion is the important one, that Cotton is even '
now upwards ol Id. per lb. lower than at the same |
time last year, although the crop is deficient by the |
large amount of 280,000 bales, and flic material (
is so much more iu demand, by reason of the in- ,
crease of population and the large consumption
for manufactured goods, which must be supposed )
to be the consequence of the revival of the Airier- ,
ican trade. (
Os political intelligence wc continue without (
any of the slightest interest, and the winter is |
setting in amidst a very general gloom. The .
condition of the agricultural population is wretch- |
ed in the extreme, and there exists throughout i
the kingdom generally, a very extensive feeling |
of political discontent. Nothing however, is ,
said ot the time of the meeting of Parliament— |
nor has a successor to the Earl of Durham been | ’
announced. The orders from the United States,
form the principal business of the manufacturing •
districts; and should this source of employment j
md continue in its present activity, there will tie |
almost as melancholy a prospect lor the manufac- ,
luring, as for the agricultural population, through- ,
out the ensuing winter months. |
Projects in steam navigation are here daily .
coming out. An important company has lately i |
been announced, called ‘•The Pacific Navigation |
Company,” for navigating the Western Coast of j ,
South America, from Valparaiso to Panama.
Lomion, Nov. 20. ! ,
There has been an increase in the quantity < (
Money in circulation, and a decline in discounting
on Banking Bills. Towards the close of the
week they were and on other kinds of Dills
they ranged from those figures up to ft per cent.
' The Augsburg Gazette of the 9th, publishes a
letter from Athens of the 27th nit,, mentioning
that a revolt ha taken place in Canada, and that
the Turks and Ohrislians had joined against the
Egyptians, and v riven them from the Island.
The Dasha is sail to have fallen in the revolt.
The Gazette di France states, on the authority
of a letter from A) -la-Chapellc of the 9th, that
fresh disturbances \ok place at Cologne on the
evening of the Bth, yil I that the cavalry made
several charges in tin treets to disperse the mul
titude.
The Fust.
A letter from Odessa, &f the 10th ult., quoted
by the France, says that a Russian squadron,
commanded by Hear Admiral Astiurholf, rein
forced hy three vessels, had that day sailed for Se
bastopol, where it was to m\ike only a short stay,
and was then to proceed, haVing been reinforced
by the division of Admiral /asmrclf (hazard!!)
to the Dardanelles, to observe lllfe movements ot
the Turkish and English licet. 'A. Constantino
ple correspondent writes to the, Semaphore ot
Marseilles, under date of the 27 tit. ult., that the
Russians were arming their naval ValWision with
the utmost expedition, that their\preparations
were immense, and that a number ill transports
had been already despatched to Scbd stopol. A
Tartar has arrived from Tarpout, the Re ad quar
ter- of the army of Asia, with the ntfws that
Hafiz Pacha had seized the person of u so rmidable
Kurd Chieftain, and that the other insurgent tribes
wo Id probably make their submission without
difficulty. There was nothing particular in the
shape of commercial intelligence. The writer,
however, circulates a report of a sort of Under
standing existing between France and Russia to
counteract the commercial treaty recently cc'jelu
ded between the Porte and England.—“Tbfeilast
news from Tabrccz,” says the Constantinople c or
respondent of the Garde National,” of the A I st
■Sept., is to the elfeet that a courier from
before Herat, bad brought intelligence of
ram Shah having come out of the town with xbr-d
men, submitted to the Shah of Persia, and joiiged
himself and his corps to the besieging army.” "t
Spain. /
Madrid was declared in a state of siygv on pie
evening of the 3d hist., and at the sfoutc time 11
permanent military commission was sfW’pointed
Dy an order of the day published at 'iVtjjol on
the Ist of November, Gen. Van HalexV, Murcia
the kingdoms of Valencia, Aragon anu . j pro
in a state of siege. All the produce of , s Q p
vinces will he applied exclusively to the wai„ j, lls
the army of the centre. The duties of oust
octroi contributions, &c., arc to be paid in beg
money ; the amount is to bo delivered every ,
to the Intendant General of the Army.
An ordinance of 20th October announces, toj
the duty of a piastre imposed on every bar: ,jj
Spanish Hour imported into the Island Cuhir
he extended in principle to foreign flour, in ord
not to cause great injury to commerce and ag
culture, only tUe duty l„ u-luuj v..-tc - ,
per barrel. .
The intelligence received from Valencia, flu j
the 3d, announce one of the most brutal and hot j
rihlc butcheries that has yet disgraced even Span
ish history. In reprisal for the slaughter of ftft
prisoners taken by Cabrera at Villamalifa, an
equal number of Carlist prisoners confined in the
gaol at Valencia were brought out and shot on the
afternoon of Sunday, the 3d instant. That Cu
hrera and his coadjutors will take revenge for this
atrocious massacre by immolating still more ol
the unhappy prisoneis in his possession there ex
ists not a doubt. The termination of these exe
crable proceedings cannot he foreseen. The num
ber of victims that will he slaughtered in the
course of it, equally sets calculation ai, defiance.
Franck.— There are rumors in Parid ofthc for
mation of a ministry, of which Messrs, de Bupglei,
Soult, and Humann are to he the pillars. This
has led to some attack against the Doctrinaires
hy liberal organs, who have hitherto supported
M. Duvergior ct’ Hauranne.
Among the reported measures to he I trough 1
before the French Chambers during the ensuing
session, the Constitulionncl stales that Govern
ment intends to propose an extension ol the char
ier of the Bank of France for a long series of
years, although that which it now holds has still
four years to run.
The S. eric asserts that a reconciliation is about
to he signed liy all the members of the Bonapaite
family, in oblivion of their domestic differences, a
want being fell by them of sonic measure that
shall unite them for the defence of their common
interests, and withdraw them from “thecapricious
tolerance of absolute government.” This jour
nal adds that this act of reconciliation is to he
signed “under the guarantee and the protection
of the hospitality of England;”—and affirms that
the subject is a matter of annoyance to the foreign
department ofthc French Cabinet.
Act.i kiih. —“It will appear" (says the Moni
leur) “from the telegraphic despatch published in
onr number of the 9th, that our conquests in Af
rica are receiving daily a more important dcvcl
opement. The occupation of Milah completes in
a becoming manner the occupation ofStora, which
we announced not more than a month ago. It
may lie said, that since 1830 we had not derived
such marked advantage from our establishment in
the former regency. The government thus jus
tifies the confidence which the Chambers had
evinced towards it during the last session in grant
ing the supplies demanded for the work which is
at present proceeding so happily to its accom
plishment.
The most remarkable feature of our new con
quests is that they have been pacifically achieved.
The ascendency of our name is now so well es
tablished, that the natives regarded as the most
hostile, who at first appeared inclined to resist our
domination with an implacable energy, accept it
now with a sympathetic submission.”
Ha novnn.—The Commerce contains a letter
from anover,dated the sth inst. To the demand
of Austria and Prussia, we arc told, for explana
tions on the abolition of the Constitution of 1833
the King of Hanover had replied in a manner that
left not the shadow of a doubt as to his anti-Liber
ul intentions. His Majesty isstated to have remar
ked, in his answer, that he would cautiously avoid
the contagion of the Liheratini which had pene
trated into evety Cabinet, and was responsible to
none for his free disposal of that which he had in
herited. He is determined, he adds, to remain
at home,” and to allow no power to dic
tate his line of conduct. The Constitution usur
ped in 1833 he considered in no way binding on
him, and asked Prussia and Austria whether, in
the confererjcc held at Vienna in 1834, those two
powers did not declare that the monarchical
principles ought always to be kept in view, and
hy degrees completely restored ? For his own
part, he assetts that he has already granted more
than was agreed upon in 1834; that he wishes
for economy, hut will suffer no other stale to
meddle with his affairs; that he is a fSoverign,
and recognizes no superior power. He may con
sent, he says, if necessary, to treat, with Austria \
. ml Prussia, but never with u.ll the members of 1
the Germanic Confederation and especially not
with the free cities, “ which are unable to observe
seeresy and give publicity to every thing.” After
criticising the governments of Saxony, Wurtem
hurg, and Baden, with much acrimony, his
Majesty terminates his reply hy the formal decla
ration, “I will act according to my will and
pleasure;”—a declaration which as may be con
ceived, the correspondent of the Commerce adds,
has greatly irritated Austria and Prussia.
From the N. 0. courier, Jan. 3,
France and Mexico.
If any reliance can he placed upon the intelli
gence contained in the following letter, received
in this city on Monday last; and we presume no
merchant would write such a letter upon slight
authority, the rotations between France and Mexi
co have lost every tiling of their late doubtful
character, and now exhibit a slate of openly de
clared war.
A commercial house of this city has handed to
the editor of the Bulletin, n letter from his cor
respondent ut Laguna, which reads thus;—“By
the arrival here Os the British barque Peru, from
Vaerifieins, intelligence is obtained, that Gen,!Santa
Aur.a had arrived at V era (’ruz with five thousand
men; and the French soldiers and officers that
were on shore, spiking the. guns of the batteries,
Ac., were obliged to retreat to their boats, after
losing several ofiifors and men. It appears, the
terms of the capitulation of Son Juan de Ulloa
were—that the French should keep possession at
the castle, and die Mexicans of Vera Cruz, until
the decision of the King of France—hut the
blockade was to be raised immediately. Thu ca
pitulation has been disapproved of, they say, hy
the Mexican government, which has declared war
against France.” The writer thinks the report
to he true, us the garrison of Vera Crux was not to
exceed two thousand men; and when the French
learned of Banta Anna’s march with reinforce
ments, they landed on the morning of the sth, to
spike the guns of the batteries, and the fleet com
menced throwing bombs into the barracks, to dia
* lodge the troops. Another letter from Laguna,
of same date, says—“ News is just received, con
firming the report that Mexico has declared war
, i against France.”
i No doubt now remains hut that it is true, as I
have seen the decree of Congress, authorizing the
President to do so, if the French commenced hos
tilities; also the declaration of war hy the Presi
dent. It is also true that Santa Anna drove <9e
French into the boats—received a severe wound
j’,.,'/.engagement, and lias since h",t '•“’legam
jn.Ktuii. uvntiui ..nova is a prisoner of the
French.”
There is some confusion in these details, hut
that does not impeach their probability. That
600(1 Mexicans have driven a handful of French
mariners and sailors from the city of Vera Cruz,
which, hy the by, has no very regular defences, is
probable; hut that the Mexicans will ho able to
hold the town in despite of (lie castle and the
Ketches is not ho easily to lie lielicvcd.
But the possession of the city of Vera Cruz can
ho of no great advantage to the French, unless
tlmy extend their anus and thru 1 connections into
• f lc interior of Mexico. It may on the contrary
| prove the grave of hundreds of their troops, as
.1.
siifF,’. Mexico has other nutlets for her foreign
tra<)/* ' n Bollrand Brother Jonathan arc
to tj(/‘Cid of dollars to allow them to he closed.
£ow that war has been proclaimed, France
muU scnd ;m ,inn y i”t<’ the interior of Mexico to
conieji submission, or else see her merchantmen
d by the privateers ot all nations in every
set (pitted out under the Mexican flag. The Eng
lish amt SpSfitsL l West India ports, and some
Down East, Guernsey.*, etc., will no doubt send
many clippers to sea should the war last.
Richmond, Deo. 31.
Extknsivk Conflagration. —On Baturtkiv
night, our city was visited hy one ofthc most ex
tensive fires which ever occurred in it; and which
destroyed the Eagle Hotel, and three large brick
tenements. The alarm was given at seven o’clock
P. M. when the the was discovered issuing from a
basement tenement, occupied hy Mr. Booth, up
holsterer. There seems to he little doubt hut that
tiic building was fired by an incendiary. A lute
lire which occurred in a building contiguous to the
Hotel is suggested with some plausibility as indi
cative of a settled purpose to destroy the Hotel.
The Eagle Hotel, situated on Main street in
the centre of the city, is burned entire, and is a
heap of mins. The stables are partially burned
and injured hy the falling walls. The original
cost ofthc Eagle building was $120,099 ; hut its
age and imperfect structure subtracted greatly
from that sum. There was a net insurance upon
it of about $25,000.
The fire was the most destructive which has
occurred for near 30 years, save the Penitentiary.
The moonlight was very brilliant; hut the rays
were reflected from the burning to a great distance,
and presented one of the grandest scenes vve ever
beheld. Among the objects stood the Capital
most conspicuous, and we have never seen it look
so majestic. The cellar of Mr. Duvall’s (Store
contained a large quantity of oil, turpentine, white
lead and other inflammable stuffs which could not
be gotten out. When the fire communicated to
them a succession of innumerable spiral flames
were produced which towered to an inconceivable
height, producing the most brilliant and admira
ble coruscations.
Janl-aht, 1.
Mont of thk Finn.—The loss by the lire on
Saturday night cannot be short of $160,090. Up
on which there is insurance available to the
amount of $03,000.
Strangers and visitors to our city will, we fear,
be put to inconvenience this winter, in conse
quence of the destruction of the Eagle Hotel.—
We have some excellent hotels ami some private
boarding-houses unsurpassed ; hut we apprehend
there will he much crowding to accommodate all
who sojourn with us.
Onr city is greatly deformed and misshapen hy
the lamented occurrence. But we trust that our
citizens will exhibit fresh courage and enterprise,
and show, that their spirit is as a strong built arch,
deriving strength and zeal from misfortune’s op
pressive load. Let them encourage and aid in every
possible way the rebuilding ofthc Eagle square
as soon as the weather opens. We hope the un
fortunate proprietors of the Eagle may raise a
company, as we have no doubt they can, under
the charter they have, and that they will build a
hotel on the old site, worthy of Richmond and
the South.
Jlauiiisiiiih., Dee. 27.
Nineteen members of Mr. Cunningham’s house
appeared in their seats this morning, and took tlic
usual qualifications. Mr. Hopkins resigned his
seat as Speaker, and was re-elected immediately
hy those present; he receiving 57 votes; the ba
lance were divided between Messrs. Spackman,
Cunningham, Smith of Franklin, and Crahh. j
The funeral of Mr. Gasset, will lake place to-day
at 12 o’clock, M., after which both houses will I
it assemble to receive the Message of the Governor 1
and transact other business. It is expected that
all the members ot Mr. Cuniiinghani’s house will
then appear and be qualified. It is thought that
a joint resolution will he passed to day or to-mor
row, to adjourn for a fortnight.
Ydbk, Dec. 28.
I learn by the stage from Harrisburg this morn
ing, that both Houses ot the Legislature proceed
ed to bus!nettii yesterday, and that at 3 o’clock, P.
M., the Governor’s Message, a very long docu
ment, was sent in to them. Nineteen members
of the Cunningham branch had joined the Hop
kins or the House nt Representatives yesterday ;
the rest are expected to come in time, though it
is said that Mr. Stevens of Adams, ami Mr.
Cox, of Somerset, have declared their determina
tion never to join it.
Mr. Hopkins yesterday morning resigned the
Speakership ol the. House, and was re-elected.
'Phis was done to cure the radical constitutional
i and legal defect now acknowledged on all hands
to have existed in the organization of the body
over which he presided.
Corri‘pondenrc of the Chur teuton Patriot.
Waki noton, Dec. 29, 1838.
Shnatk.
The Senate did not sit to-day, having adjourn
ed to Monday.
Horst; of Ru’ntsi.vrvrivts.
After an ineffectual attempt to lake up the un
finished business ufyesterday relative to the print
ing of certain documents.
A great number of Senate Bills wer taken up,
read twice and referred to appropriate committees.
On motion of Mr. Cambrelctig, the Senate bill
for postponing the payment of the fourth instal
ment of the surplus revenue to the States, was,
after being read twice, i tost potted till Monday
week.
A communication was received from the Sec
retary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution
of the House, relative to a more equal distribu
tion of the public lands among the states. After
home debate, it was referred to a selcet commit
tee, to consist of one member from each state.
Several members then alluded to the unprece
dented delay of private business at the present
session. They urged the House to consider that
hundreds of poor claimants were waiting from
■ week to week in the greatest anxiety for the small
. pittance due, while the time was taken up in the.
. discussion ol matters of no possible benefit to
i the country.
1 After some debate of a desultory character, the
. calendar of private hills was taken up, and the
i remainder of the day consumed in a discussion
thereon.
The House then adjourned to Monday.
As early as practicable, the hills providing for
the reorganization of the Treasury department,
and the hill lor defining the number ami compen
sation ot officers ol the Customs, will he taken
up. They have been read twice, and arc now in
committee ol the whole.
The latter provides that in the District of
Charleston, 8. C., there shall be one Collector a!
a salary of $3,590; one Deputy Collector at
$2090; one Comptroller of the Customs at
$2900 ; one Clerk for the Conmtroller’s Office ut
S7OO, and one do. at $1000; one Surveyor at
S2OOO, one Clerk do. at SSOO ; one Appraiser at
SIOOO ; Eighteen Inspectors, who shall each re
ceive $2200, ten temporary Inspectors at $3 for
every day they are actually employed, not ex
ceeding $990 per annum ; and two Weighers
and Hungers, who shall receive $1,500 per an
num each.
From the Nashville Banner,
Hints, Fears and Trembling.
Ihe Washington Globe comes out with the
following paragraph:
“If we hud room we could tales unfold that
would harrow up the souls of even the most zeal
ous Conservatives. We could tell how, among
(fh’.'-kposite hanks there was one that t> ...,V a false
return to the Treasury Department of nearly u
million of dollars in the amount of its available
means; how, through collision between the de
posit hanks and the receivers of public money in
some parts ol (lie country, the orders sent from
the Treasury Department were utterly disregard
ed, whereby the currency of these parts of the
country was reduced to thirty per cent, below par;
how certain banks, under pretended claimsagaiiisl
the Government, withheld a part of the public
money, Ac. Ac.”
If you had room, you could talcs unfold ! And
ran you not mo he “room '!” is it not your c lull y
to “unfold I” What sort of a sentinel are you,
upon the watch-tower, throwing out hints to cul
prits thatyou will expose them if they do not* keep
in the ranks !” Out with your story. If Con
servatives are guilty, expose them. If Whigs,
expose them too. If you know of another New
\ ork Custom House ullitir, pray out witli it, and
not keep secrets of this magnitude year after year
fro ii the people, any longer.
That Mr. Svvartwoul had lieen fumeveruiyearn
abstracting the Public Monies, we are now coolly
told by the President, in his message. And could
this have been done without the Collector’s being
suspected ut the lime, bad the Administration at
tended more promptly to their legitimate duties,
and less to electioneering to keep possession ol
the (Spoils and secure the Presidency to Martin
Van Harm I
But if it was not known, ot suspected, that the
New Vork Collector was abstracting the Govern
ment Money, ot that other Collectors, or Receiv
ers, were doing the same thing, we ask, for what
reason was it not known or suspected 1 Certain
ly not because the Administration were not re
peatedly warned upon the subject—ay, charf'cil
with the grossest negligence and indolence—aye,
and the notorious participation of not a few ol
them in speculations and frauds too—had caused
rank, foul corruption, to he the order of the day !
It was not because the intrepid Wise and Peyton,
and their friends, did not continue to maintain,
on the floor of Congress, that the Treasury Depart
ment was badly, hungingly conducted—that cor
ruption existed in tiie Indian Department—and
in the Post Office Department, and call loudly
and repeatedly for Committees of Investigation, to
examine into these important matters and report
the naked facts to the interested and enquiring
people !
No! the Administration cannot plead that they
were not warned of what was going on. Those
untiring and steadfast champions of the peoples
rights, sounded it in their cars, day after day, and
month after month, and from year to year.
On one occasion, when a portion of the ad
ministration members had forgotten, or had not
received, their cue, the Whigs succeeded in get
ting two Committees of investigation appointed.
Janies K. Polk, us speaker, was the man, be it
remembered bit the people of Tennessee, who ap
pointed those Committees. And how did he
make them up? Contrary to established usage,
which always gave the friends of investigation a
majority on such Committees, lie, with a mean
ness and littleness, which could not have been
believed of him, had not the stubborn fact stared
the world in the face, packed each Committee so
that the friends of lh' • iwhiistration and oppo-
; w*wea**BH#ieiaeaaHe*Bei»aea*B|i»
DcntH of investigation hud it large majority, and
could control at their will, every proposition ad
vanced by the minority to get at abuses!
And how too were the propositions, of these
Committees to examine the several Departments
of the Government, treated by the President,
General Jackson, the friend of Reform 1 Did he
not call the Committees Himnish In (iviritionb,
and tell them that they should make specific char
ges of abuses, that they should give names, dates
and locations of all frauds, speculations, etc., be
fore they should have access to the Departments
to hunt for them ?
Access to books, records, accounts, Ac. were
all denied the Committees, and every kind of
stumbling-block was thrown in their way—the
wheels of the Government roll on—and by and
by, a stupendous fraud or two burst out—when
lo! the Globe, with a chuckle that would not dis
grace a fiend ot another region any more than it
does the one of this, who manages the “ infernal
machine,” proclaims that he run unfold talcs
“ that would harrow up the souls of even the
most zealous Conservatives!’’
Why, then, does he not unfold these talcs?—
Ay, why? Because he fears, and the Adminis
tration, and the Richmond Enquirer fears to have
the truth told, to have the People know what their
Rulers have been, and are now, doing!
We find in the Richmond Enquirer of the dill
hist, the following portentous paragraph, having
a direct bearing upon this subject. The wily
conductor of the Enquirer says :
“We too trust, that it will he a business session;
hut we nutria/ indulge a hirjte of it. (some of
the W big presses have already chalked out a
scheme of agitation and investigation —Mr. Wise
to 1 c the file loader.”
Indeed! and the Enquirer can read the Presi
dent’s declaration that Mr. Swartwout has hern
fur years abstracting the Public Money—can read
the Globe’s significant declaration that it can tell
some startling tales—can know and feel that this
Administration is steeped in corruption from crow n
to heel—and yet deprecate investigation !
“To what hate uses have we come at last?"—
For our own part, we think it high time for tftora,
rigid, thorough investigation to be insisted upon
and carried, at the first possible moment it can be-,
into ell'cct. We say— cleanse the Augean stable !
From the jiiew YurkSlar.
ImeoKTANT Division Scott vs. Depeyster
and others, 1 his important case has been recent
ly decided by the Chancellor in favor of the De
fendants. The suit was brought in the Court of
Chancery by certain Stockholders of the National
Insurance Company, to recover from the Direc
tors about £200,000 abstracted from the funds of
that Company by the fraudulent conduct of their
Secretary, Oliver Kane. The Vice Chancellor
before whom thecouse was first heard, pronoun
ced a very elaborate and learned opinion in favor
of the defendniils In thi-j opinion he decided
1. That every man who takes upon himself
an office cl trust or ccimdcncc, contracts lo apply
a diligent attention lo its concerns.
■*■ I hut the Director;! ol a corporate company
in appointing a Secretary, do not become sureties
for his fidelity or good behaviour, unitss they
know him at the time to be unworthy of trust or
of notoriously bad character.
3. I hat the Directors have a right lo reposo
confidence in their Secretary in every thing with
in the scope of his duties.
4. That Directors of Companies are obliged to
fake the same cure and use, the same diligence as
factors ami agcnls, and arc answerable for their
own fraud and gross negligence, and for all faults
which are contrary to the care required of them.
I hat although this company wau engaged
in transactions unauthorized by its charter, and
therefore illegal, still a stockholder who had know
ledge of such operations and acquiesced in them,
and participated in the results, cannot charge tho
Directors personally if there be a loss through
such transactions; and
C. In this particular case, allhough the frauds
committed were of the most extraordinary charac
ter, and it seems marvellous that they should not
have been detected, slilJ us the Directors examin
ed their accounts in the manner usual and cus
tomary with such conipai ie,s, and were imposed
u P°n by forgeries, they were nut personally lia
ble.
The complainant appealed to the Chancellor,
from this decision, and lie has now fully confirm
ed by his decree the adjudication of the Vice
Chancellor.
This case forms the guide for Directors in the
performance of their very important duties, and
entirely discountenances any merely formal dis
charge of such obligations. The action of tho
Court of Errors on this case would furnish (what
ever might In tho result) a fixed rule which
among the multitude ol incorporated associations
constantly growing up in this community, could.
!■ * “ol 1,, exercise a wholesome influence.
~ MARK I ED,
Dn the 12th i?lt., at 1-oit Hill, S. I'., by the Rev,
Mr. Potter, Thomas C. ( i.emson, of Philadelphia, to
Anna Calhoun, daughter of the Don. John C.
Calhoun.
ill Ao> niUk W AWT ED\<’M.ted“t«
fp l.i.lM'w borrow $12,000, for the term
ol two yenis ; as much as ten per cent., and no
more, will be given—hit. l rest and principal payable
at the same time, and the whole seemed by land
and ncgioes to twice the amount. The property to
be pledged is untramclled by liens of any descrip
tion. Apply to the editor of this paper for informa
tion. w 11 jan 7
W Alt KEN SHERIFF'S SALE.
WILL be sold at the Court Douse door in War
rentun, Wamn county,on the first Tuesday
in February next, between tl • usual hours of sale,
the following pioperty to wit: one bouse and lot,
and saw-yard, in the town of Warrenton, and one
stove and pipe, levied on a; the property of the
Commissioners of the town of Warrenton, to satisfy
one 11. fa. in favor of John D. Roberts vs. said Com
missioneis, propelty pointed out by plaintiff's at
torney.
Also,
The seventh-part of 447 acres of Land, more or
less, adjoining the lands of Persons, Walker and
others, levied on as the property of Lawson D.
Wright, to satisfy sundry ti. fas, in favor of Henry
Death andothers, vs. said Wright, levy made by a
constable and returned to me.
JEREMIAD PERRYMAN, Sheriff,
jan 5, ISJ9 td
TkFFekkon shehiff sai-eT
'■ If ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in Kebru
y * ary next, at Die Market Douse, in the town
of Louisville, within the legal hours of sale, one
Negro W oman, Eliza, levied on as the property of
James Crop, to satisfy several fi fas issued from a
Justices court of said countu, in favor of Ashley,,
Philips vs. the said James Drop, levy madejtij
returned to me by a constable. December39,‘T?!3(j.
WM. J. ALEXANDER. Sheriff
JEFFERSON Ml hi HI fFHUE.
ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in February
» » next, at the Market Douse in the town of
Louisville, w ithin the usual hours of sale, Two
Hundred and Eighty-Feven and a Half Acres Pine
and River Land on the Ogeecby River, adjoining
lends of Poet. E. C. Williamson and others, levied
on as the property of Charles Harrison, to satisfy a
li fa in favor of Elizabeth Harrison, property point
ed out by John 11. Hinton, cx.’r of the estate of
Thos, Ligfitfoot, deceased. L’eo. 29, IS3S-td
K. J. FARMER, Sheriff