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I |f» i>li ‘ GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE SITUATION OF THE BANK OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND BRANCHES, FOR SEV MONTHS, ENDING OCTOBER 1, 1838. CR.
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H .. wmebs AT I i H^" 8 Salaries. K Protest Due from Bank State other ' rie on Ca P ital Notes in Dividends Discount Surplus el JftS I ndivWual
ge ' ' and Lots. Expenses. j ull?menU Account, other banks of Gcorata Banks on ~ r • hand Slock. circulation.' unclaimed account ; lund. bu[] j. > an< ) j depositcs. .
!*(j I " & branches hand. their otvn. j i j j j Branches. I
-,1 Savannah. 663.J922U 51.640 14 " 20,000 00 7X25 00 ' E76853 "voiM-o' 8700 5K63541 78748563 62.378 W. " 12 91.190 03 18.075 51
X CiTl n 7492 12.00000, 4.09992 23455 13.361 91 19.38551 70 966 00 17,272 0011181,389 26 450.000,184234 SO. *40.130 211 137.052 68 2,934 36 76 634 52
jl'JS!’' 7 ! ’ s ° oo °, 519 " 296 i 35X41 00 2.4 12 00 27.0- 0 63 I OO.COO 67,400 00. ,4.749 53, 1.945 71 36,813 78. 4.326 00
< /*,951 91 . 9.00000 1.500001 721 54) . 25 9916.004 1118 1 20 610 00 1,008 0.0 49.739 65 1 100,000131690 06 i 6.306 29, 1.118 91, 6,246 37 15,899 70
8 } Eabmtuu. , 4.000 00 j -00000 1.384 46. 120 10 ! 5000 1 2.32782! 18,895 CO 2,750 00: 43,489 66 100,000; 87,788 CO, ! 5.217321 7,58202 134 11, 13,11889
• Grecnsjjro, , , 5.000 00 75000 80 66 30C I 1,506 341 7,804 00 250 00 2,739 57 50.000: 6.550 00! ! 2.241 02| 25,59991) 3.840 61
( Athens i 14r’ 7 2aa01 104,947 73 j 21 > 635 52 , l°-380 00 2,17500 1.097 89 ; 184 30 1.62029 25,387 98 11,144 00 700 00 , 80,145 77 150,0(0 191.210 00 9.385 11, 14,024 90' 35.646 70 11,779 16
j i n *” y^ri 44t, | ! 8,600001 1,600 OO 102 03, , 1.107 77, 7,700 00 1 j 38.295 07} I00,0«o| 96 130 oo| > 684026) 2.626 47 2,860 03j 45,172 51
j: i.d. 91 !:. 1U A l .‘„'‘ (lf '" iIS4 9:1 21.03.' .>2 70.380 00} 21.211 3< 52) 5.100 00 27435 70,72926434,305 234234 538 Ofll 59.012 00 531,379 93 I..VKEOC.O 90:<.a.-a to 3,767 00 103,665 12 80,197 4?245,849 71 77 L 1,98041
It )■«' (I ]l 11111 it tIO l> .
n Kill I UCKB.
To cliscountcil notes, 1,948,912 41
I!ill« of cxchniiK'’, 909,484 93
Koul I'Ktato, 21,035 52
Uunkimj House mill l/ots, 70,380
!Bulnrii>B. 21,211 38
luritlonlul ('xpenKPS, 4,180 52
Assignment of jmlgunml, 5,100
Protest account, 274 25
Daluiu'c line from other bunks. 70,729 20
Do. between the Hunk State of
Ciourifin ami llnuielies, 131,205 23
Hills ofbnuu'lies on hand, 50,012
Wills of other banks on hand. 234,538
Sjiceii oil huu'd, 531,379 93
*3,410,952 43
UAMIUTIKS.
Bv C’lipitnl Stock, 1,500,000
Notes in circulation, 939.202
Dividends unclaimed, 3,767
Discount account, 103,605 12
Surplus Fund, 80,197 43
Balances due in other banks, 255,849 71
Do. between Wank Slate of
liejisia and branches, 118,300 77
Individual deposites, 409,920 41
$3,410,952 43
(■ ' Notes in circulation as repor
ted above, 939,202
Prom which deduct the amount
on hand ns per debit side, 50,012
I.caving in actual circulation, $883,190
’ This item includes the sum of $20,000, the
advance paid on the sale of the Augusta It ridge,
over the amvunt of $50,000, at which sum it
stood upon the books of the Branch at Augusta.
General Statement of the Bank of Columbus,
on Monday, Oct. 1, 1838.
Capital Stock paid in, $400,000 00
.Notes of the hank issued, 1.131 573
“ “ •" on ham), 088,304
“ " “in circulation, 436,1.69 00
Post Notes in circulation. 55,365 00
Deposilos, including certiorates of
depositi. 116.018 05
Due to other banks, 119,633 55
Surplus f ind and dis vant account. 141,223 86
$1,268,909 46
N oles discounted, run
ning to maturity, 586.923 58
Notes discounted, due,
and not in suit. 33,051 ’33
Hills of 17xchange, run
ning >•> maturity. 61,545 85
Bills of Exchsnge due,
and not in suit, 43,529 29
Notes and hills in suit,
Banking house and lot, 8,956 60
Salaries and incidental expenses,' 6,018 95
Due hv other hanks and agents, 174,120 26
Gold coin in vault, 104,400 00
I Silver, 140,540 98
! Notes of other banks
on hand, 54,202 00
299,142 93
$1,268,909 46
Os the debts due the hank, there
is estimated as doubtful, 13,747 70
“ hud, 23,830 93
$37,578 03
Statement of the condition, resources, and liabili
ties of the Planters Bunk of the Slate of
Georgia, Oct. 1, 1838.
Notes of the hunk in circulation;
old emission, 22,107
new do. 126,252-$ 147,369 00
Due to interior and other hanks,
for collection, 148,791 19
" to banks in general account, 103,805 25
“ to Treasurer U. S. 14,664 88
“ to Post-ollice De
partment, 4,402 17
“ to Public officers, 60,019 73—79,176 78
*■ to individual depositors, *231,574 41
“ for unclaimed dividends, 9,311 81
Capital stock paid in, 535,400 00
Profits and reserved funds, 135,340 00
$1,390,848 44
* Os the above amount there is at the credit of
individuals for payments, on account, notes and
judgments, $43,997 34
Gold and silver in vault, 247,478 21
I . H. Treasury Notes, 55,960 00-304,438 2l '-
Notes of other hanks, 20,790 00
Northern funds, 118,175 82
Due by hanks, 66,722 67
Bills of exchange, 23,098 37
City and other stock, 7,947 26
Heal estate, 11,000 00
Current expenses, 4,314 35
Bills discounted, run
ning to maturity, all
good, 644,201 46
do. in judgment and
secured by mortgage, * 154,160 30-798,361 76
1 ,n00,n4 m 44 ,
* Os the above amount,
there is good, 138,695 30
doubtful, 15,000 (10
had, 405 00
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51 V unlive home.
We find the following beautiful and spirited
apostrophe to the South, in the “American Mu
seum,” written by Alexander 11. Meek, Esq. of
Tusealoosa, Alabama. .
I.ami of the South! —imperial land I
How proud thy mountains rise,— i
How sweet thy scenes on every hand, — i
How fair thy covering skies ! t
But not for this, —oh, not fur thee, j
1 love thy fields to roam, — .
Thou hast a dearer spell to me, l
Thou art my native homo!
Thy rivers roll their liquid wealth,
I licquallcd to the sea, —
Thy hills and valleys bloom with health,
And green with vendurebc! 8.
But not for thy proud ocean streams.
Not fur thine u/.uie doom, —
Sweet, sunny South!—l chug to thoc, —
Thou art my native home!
I've stood beneath Italia’s clime,
Beloved of tale and song,—
On Hclvyn’s hills, proud and sublime,
Where nature’s wonders throng;
By Tempo's classic sunlit streams,
Where Gods, ot old, did roam, —
But ne’er have found so fair aland
As thou—my native home!
And thou hast prouder glories too, —
Than nature ever gave,—
Peace sheds o’er thee, her genial dew,
And freedom’s pinions wave,—
Fair science flings her pearls around,
Religion lifts her dome,
These, these endear thee, to my heart, —
My own, loved native home!
And “ heaven’s best gift to man” is thine, —
(iod bless thy rosy girls!—
I,ike sylvan flowers, they sweetly shine, —
Their hearts arc pure us pearls!
And grace and goodness circle them,
Where’er their footsteps roam,
How can 1 then, whilst loving them,
Not love my native home!
Land of the South!—impeiial land!—•
Then here’s a health to thee, —
Long as thy mountain barrier stand,
May's! thou be blessed and free!
May dark dissension's banner ne'er
Wave o’er thy fertile loam, —
But should it come,there's one will die.
To save his native home!
Debuting Scene.
Mr. president, the question to be excused is
ibis ! Are ardent spirits a benefit to the whole i
inhuman race, or is it not! Now I, Mr. presi- i
dcul, contends that they is. Only look sir, at our |
! noble ancestors in future years; they live to a
j most numerous age !
I’n>. —Mr. president, 1 stand here and contend j
against my adversary, that ardent spirits is radi
cally beneficial to mortality. How many thou- j
sands arc going ahead every day at some grand
enterprise, stimulated through hexeition, by this '
very kind ot spirits. How many generations of
j voting men do wc see every day rising up around ,
; ns like the hootilul smoke ascending from a tar
; kill whose palates were all tickled with likker,
! even hetorc bread came into vogue. If the gen
| tlemnncannow precood with all these facts staring
I him in the f ice, I beg to close my arguments.—
j /fu.v/o/1 Po«A
i si: iso> aiilb Aiivice—The following from
■ the Providence Courier is not out ot Dtusoii at
j any rate:
“ Prepare for winter. Put on your flannels
—lay aside thin shoes—and let bachelors tret
I married.''
I'u u n o\ in Ixst K hi'K Comraxt.—The
Gloun sterTelegraph gives mi account of u gross
| fraud commuted upon an Insurance Company in
that town, by the owner of the schooner Porpoise
• 1 Deer Island. Maine. The vessel was insured
i for $1,200. While fishing, last summer, the ves
j sd got ashore at the vlagdaleiie Islands, but was
i >o little injured that she was got oil' in a few days.
The Captain, who was chief owner, came to Glou
: fester, reported that the vessel was a total loss,
I and received the full amount of his insurance.—
Soon alter, the Compony received information
j that the schooner was not wholly wrecked; and
i while they were taking measures to ascertain the
truth, the identical schooner and Captain came
into the port, forced in by adverse winds, while
on her pa-sag* liom Deer Island to Boston. shc
was seized, and the Captain held to hail in a large
1 amount, to answer the charge of fraud.
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL
AUGUSTA.
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8.
The election for Tax Collector, Receiver and
county Surveyor, yesterday, resulted as followsi
at the city hox ;
FOR COLLECTOR.
Win. Kennedy, (no opp.) ... 507
FOR RECEIVER*
George M. Walker, 208
CosOy Dickinson, ...... 188
Win. 0. Eve, 137
FOR SUIIVEVOB.
E. J. Tarver, (no opp.) .... 492
North Carolina.
Resolutions have been passed by both branch"
* sol the Legislature if this State against the Sub*
Treasury and inslructing tbe Senators in Con
gress from that State to vote against that measure.
Walk the plank Messrs. Brown and Strange!
The Resolutions passed the House by a vote
of yeas 03, nays 58, and the Senate by yeas 23,
nays 23.
JUtti'yland.
The Legislature of this Slate assembled on
Monday, 31st Dec. The House adjourned after
the members were qualified without going into the
election of Speaker. In the Senate, Richard
Thomas, Whig, was elected President by a ma
jority of three voles.
Later from Europe.
By the arrival of the Ship George Washington
at New-York from Liverpool, accounts are fur
nished from the latter city to Nov. 24th, being
five days later than given in our paper of yester
day. The political news is of not much impor
tance, hut the Commercial intelligence, which will
he found under the proper .head, is highly impor
tant. It will be seen that dhe sales of Colton arc
very large, at increasing prices. The most prom
inent points of political news is thus noticed by
the Charleston Mercury.
It is now said that the question of the North J
East boundary is to be settled by making the St. ,
Johns River, throughout, the line of separation—
nn arrangement which it is presumed cannot fail
to satisfy Maine, and which will secure to the
British Provinces, important lacilities of commu
niVtttion through what is now the contested terri
tory.
i lie 10 lb U—-1 A .... luf Jily'lWiiitlll fllw'-' T * *
Durham, and it is intimated that be will place Iniu
self at the head of tbe Radical party in England.
The affairs of the East were cloudy, betokening
an approaching storm. W bile France and Aus
tria bad determined to conform to the much talked
of commercial treaty between Bag foal and Turkey,
the latter had, under the intimidation ol Russia,
separated her fleet from the British, and Russia
and been fortifying some Islands in tbe mouth ol
the Danube apparently with the intention o! levy
ing blackmail on her enemies. The English had I
gained u point in Persia, having persuaded the
rsliah to raise the »Vog« of Herat, while Russia
had lost one in Georgia, that country being
ed in a stale of general insurrection. All thi # -
seems the beginning of a general outbreak. Hist 1
tary murders still continue to constitute the *
of Spanish news. V
The London Correspondent of the N, Y. UT 0Ur _
ier & Enquirer, says— I “The loan, which i\j ( .
Dufl’te has been here for some time, for lot,. j J(lr .
pose of negoeiating, lias been at length |, v
the house of Baring, Brothffs txfTfT the araout it
being JJ500,000 stcrljflg—and the price at whicih
it has been takeq i s 95, with a dividend from th 0
Ist oflusl July,
The Alexandria Gazette mentions, as a report,
that Col. U. M. Johnson will not be a candidate
for re-election as Vice President of the United
Slates.
It is staled that Gen. Harrison has declined to
accept the Anti-Masonic nomination for the Pres
idency, in anticipation of the decision of the Whig
National Convention.
On Wednesday, the 12th ult., the schoone-
Sarali Ann, of Rockaway, was wrecked at Hog
Island Inlet, in consequence of the jib sheet being
carried away.—ln attempting to wade to shore
the captain, Joseph Pearsall, got into deep water
and was drowned.
Governor Pennington, of New Jersey, has re
covered from the severe indisposition which had
for the last two months confined him to his room.
The population of the two Canadas is about
870,000.
The French Consul General residing at New
York, has been authorized to oiler a reward of
i 38,000 franca for the discovery of a paper that
will not admit of any alteration in what is written
mi it. This is well wotihy the attention of our
! paper makers.
Pit cards arc posted up in 1 etroit, offering SIOOO
| reward for the body o' Colonel Prince, dead or
alive. He is the British oliicor, who, in cool blood
j ordered several patriot prisoners to be shot, ini
mediately after they were taken, without even the
formula of a trial.
Lieutenant 11. Nones lias been appointed Captain
in the Revenue Service, now on the Baltimore sta
tion.
A Bill was introduced into the Senate of the
Legislature of North Carolina, on the 31st ult.’
nulliorising/m hanking.
A young lady of Germantown, Penn., endow
ed w ith great beauty, and worth a cool £30,000,
has advertised for a husband. What a chance
j for bachelors !
Samuel Walker, who is under sentence of death
at Columbus. Ky., for the murder of Mr. Parker.
; of the Louisville Saving s Bank, has published a
history of his career of crime. He was born in
New York city, and was educated for a lawyer,
I but for the last four years he has followed robbe
: ry its a profession onboard of the boats plying be
tween Cincinnati and New Orleans, until the lasi
| attempt which resulted in the murder of Mr. Par
ker in bis berlh.
i The Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Roal Comt ( 1
pany has made a conlrlfcl for carrying the grea- 1 j
Southern Mail, and in order to insure a proper ,
discharge of the duty, the Company has purcha"
sed two steamboats at a cost of about 110,000
in addition to the two already plying between
Wilmington and Charleston. A new section of
13 miles of this road has been completed and j
brought into use, and a further section of 9 miles j
will be added in a short time.
Os one hundred and sixty prisoners received
into a certain penitentiary, one hundred and ten
were bachelors. What a warning !
Thaldeus Stevens, a member ele t of the legis
lature of Pennsylvania, has rc.-igt ed his seat.—
He cohcludes an address to Insce .stituents, witli
the following remarks:
Unwilling to forego the advar ges of local leg
islaiiou, and despairing of ob tiing juslice for
their constituents without tb ■ personal atten
dance, many, perhaps mosl 0 my associates have
: determined to submit to the lOrtifyiiig necessity,
| and enter the illegal House. With their course I
I find no fault. But I bulb .e you will prefer the
! permanent interests of ou whole ountiy to your
j own temporary local belief] 1. That interest—the
I liberty of yourselves and of your posterity, I bc
| licva can be preserved omly by refusing to yield
' any thing, to lawless re bellion. I find no difficul
!ty in choosing my a.vn course —in selecting be-
I tween an n.-rrocioti/n with successful insurgents,
lor withdrawing trgnu olliee. Such volunlaiy us
| sociatiun would sanctify, or at least palliate their
1 treason. Preferi/ig retirement to dishonor, I with
| draw from the Legislature to mingle again with
! you, and waitjyour decision on my conduct,
t'rum the Charleston Patriot, of Saturday.
Attempt to rob the Union Bank.—A
most dariutg attempt was last night made to rob
| the Union Bank of this city. The robber got
admittanf c during the day, into the Cellar, in
which he concealed himself in a part of it used
todeposU. Coal, Ly surrounding his body with so
large a/nass of this substance as effectually to
elude tjLe observation of two of the officers ofthc
Bank v* ho make amightly examination of the
ccllniar An officer of the Bank was engaged
wrbJng therein until 11 o’clock. Subsequently
to ft\is, the thief bored auger boles in the floor
f rc ’*l bis position in the cellar, and made a space
I , lie flooring large enough to admit his body.
then broke open nearly all the desks and draw
ursn abstracted from 70 to 80 dollars in money, be
sidfis several articles of clothing, but not being
\able to penetrate lo tbe vaults, this was tbe whole
abv taunt of his booty.—He then must have delib
cs'.tely'&f.-iqned one of the windows of the Bank,
|°°kingintcVthe street, and made his escape, elos
in? the siiviljfars after him, and leaving his light
exit..— ’ on one of the desks.
It ;A i “j
publj ;i'iv‘as stated in the foreign news which we
Wi|dghhed yesterday, that the steam ship Royal
the ffltiam was to leave Liverpool for New York on
j.,n ’3th December, and the Liverpool on the 10th
sayVeo av - y . New York Journal of Commerce
iiigaab'- have reason for saying that the Stea
gliiUx Great Western may be expected to leave Eli-
H'Jigd for this port about the middle of January.”
jJJwius he true, the qucslion as to the practicability
navigating tbe ocean by steam in the winter
■hue will soon be solved. The Royal William is
wherefore hourly expected.— Bull. Amcr.
J, i"'r
F -More Snow. —On Friday morning last, snow
F «:o in me need falling at this place at a rapid rate,
•j and continued to do so until night, by which time j
it was fully five inches deep. That night a con- j
j siderabie quantity of sleet and ruin fell, which !
congealed upon reaching the earth, forming a
crust upon the snow which would readily sustain
the weight of a heavy man. Several oi the Vil
lagers fitted up temporary Sleighs, which were to
be seen “flitting about” the streets four or live
days in succession—some of them occasionally
one sithe up. and then the other—finer sport,
though I we, for iho lookers-on, than for the actors
in the sstenc. However, we heard of no one being
injur* d,,afnil the sleigh-riders seemed lo enjoy their
lint; iiiul mode of travelling us well as if their
vely fcles hod been as magnificent as the one which
tran* sports the Emperor of Russia. The snow
has ftiot yet disappeared,baton Wednesday morn
ing l jhe weather moderated, ruin began to full,
wlii sch continues to do so yet, (Thursday evening,)
and -,(bo probability is, that in a day or two more,
wo ; shall get rid of the uncomfortable visitor.
’I ’he weather has been very cold during the
past ten or twelve days. The river at this place
was frozen over in many places, which afforded a
tine 1 ;hance for skating, and the owners of Ice
hogs es an opportunity of filling them with ice
five iJr six inches thick.— Greenville Mountaineer,
of the 4 lh hist.
IwWA in Concision.— Strife has arisen be\
twee n Gov. Lucas and the lowa Territorial legis"
lature on a question of power. The Governor
insists that all laws arid resolutions must he ap
proved by him before they are of any force. Tbe
Legislative body contest this disposition. Both
parlies spunk up—and all public business is do
ji layed in consequence.
A Hnmicid: was committed in East Macon on
Thursday last, by a mechanic named John Chap
man, on the body of his wife, by cutting her
throat! He gave himself up to tile officers, and
!is now in jail. We understand he justifies his j
j horrid act, on the ground that he had proof posi
tive of the infidelity of his rib!— Macon Tele
; graph.
A dual loaded with cotton belonging to W.
Fort & Co., was discovered on Wednesday night
while lying at the wharf, to be on fire. 'Through
I the promptitude of a number of Irish and others
who were ne ir, the lire was extinguished, with
j the loss of some 40 or 50 bags. It was supposed
to have been tired by a discharged boat hand. lb.
To the Editor of the New-York Express:
Robert Furlong, Ju.— The statement in
your paper of the 14th instant, relative to the
untimely and melancholy end of the unfortunate
Robert Furlong, jr., is so erroneous, that it has
been deemed proper to make a correction of the
j account for publication, in order that the public i
! may be disabused of the opinions naturally to be
i inferred from such a statement, and that his
worthy w ife and family may be relieved from the
additional affliction caused by its publication.
Mr. Furlong was drowned at sea 011 the 20th
of August last, from on board the brig Wickford
!of this port, bound to Laguyra. It is not a sac ■
that he jumped overboard—he was sitting quite
! at ease and composed, astride the gunwale, wit
a hand hold of the main sheet, in w hich position
he had been for some time, when a heavy sea
having struck tbe brig with considerable violence,
caused him to he dragged o ver by the main sheet’,
(which w as hanging slack,) and to w hich he still
| clung after being in the sea; and when the brig
rolled, he w as drawn against the vessel with such
i force as it is supposed hurt him considerably, and
j he unguardedly let go his hold and went under j
-—when he rose to the surface, a tub and line was
| immediately thrown to him by those on deck,
and which he struggled greatly to reach, but as
he could not swim, he failed to do so, and the man j
at the helm (Joseph Barr) seeing the perilous
situation of Mr. Furlong, took a plank and jump- |
ed overboard to his rescue. Furlong immediate- j
ly clenched Barr by the neck—Barr told him to 1
let go his neck, and take hold of his shoulders ‘
which he did, and in this way with the aid of the
plank, Barr continued to swim until the boat
reached them. Furlong having gone under each
sea, so much water had been swallowed by him that
he was quite exhausted and drowned when taken
in the boat—and when both were taken in, they
made for the brig with all haste; and when got
on board every means was resorted to to recover
him—the efforts were continued for several hours,
but no signs of life being discovered, he was giv
en up, and the next day his body was decently
prepared and buried forever in the ocean—with
the pro(>er service solemnity to the occasion.—
Such are the real facts of the case as will be at
tested to by the officers,'passengers and crew who
were on hoard the brig, which is now in this port.
And notwithstanding he did apparently, at the
time, labor under some mental malady,it is quite
probable he would have escaped his untimely
death, bad it not been for the accident stated. —
It is proper, also to add, that there was no such
incoherent expression respecting Ellen Jewett,
made use of by him, as has been stated—and the
last declarations by him on the subject of his tes
timony in the case of Robinson, most fully ex
onerated him from any criminal intent in that mat
ter. He was sadly mistaken, and has since been
undeceived by Robinson himself. That trial was
the means of ruin to poor Furlong, and now for
tlic sake of his amiable and afflicted widow and
family, it is to he hoped that no more fictitious
narratives will appear respecting his melancholy
fate. TUEBOR.
P. S. Papers which have published previous
statements are requested to copy the above.
From the Richmond Whig.
The true cause of Defaecatio.vs.—Mr.
Van Burcn, and most of bis supporters, ascribe
tire late numerous defalcations to the fact, that the
Banks have been the depositories of the public
money. In this, these gentlemen exhibit even
more than their wonted disingenuousness, and
they have not so much as the semblance of an ar
gument to sustain their position. For concede,
tliat the Bank Ucposite system has been in full
operation, throughout the period when the defal
cations were committed, it is yet to be shown that
the money was stolen by the Hunks, and not by
the office-holders. If the Banks purloined the
public funds, then Mr. Van Huron’s position is
maintained, and the Banks are unworthy of the
public confidence. But unfortunately for the ar
gument and lire popularity of the reigning powers,
every instance of peculation that has occurred
within the last 18 months, has been perpetrated
by some trusted agent of the Executive—some
one whom the President lias again and again en
dorsed as a man of integrity and good demeanor,
and who has occupied a prominent position among
the great men of the party.
We have always believed that the Banks were
safer depositories of the public money than indi
viduals; but we have not regarded the difference
as very great, nor have wc attached to it a high
importance. Neither have we imputed the late
starling defalcations exclusively to the operation
of the Sub-Treasury, nor considered them as a
necessary result of that system. They are refer
able to causes independent of, and might occur
under, the operation of any system. We have
conceived, and so expressed ourselves on more
than one occasion, that they had their origin in
the mode and character of appointments to office,
and in the protection afforded by the Executive to
all his subordinates for all their transgressions. If
men without character—hi other words, if rogues
are appointed to receive and disburse the public
money, they will steal it, no matter what penal
laws may be enacted, or what system may be in
operation. There are some men through whose
hands money cannot pass without sticking. It is
a part of their nature to contemn the laws ofrneum
| and luum, to appropriate to themselves whatever
| comes within their reach. Gen. Jackson and Mr.
j Van Burcn appear to have been singularly felicit
i ous in finding out that class of individuals thus
I happily endowed, and to have been eager to elc
vatethem to s ations where they could have ample
opportunities for exercising their talents, and grat
ifying their predominant propensities. But they
were not merely content with ferretting out these
light-fingered gentry, and placing them in posi
tions advantageous for the successful prosecution
of their trade—butthey certified to their good cha
racter, and General Jackson undertook to screen
them ho ml he prying cycol Congress, and to pro
tect them in all their sins of omission and com
mission. Ihe Secretary of the Treasury, too,
responsive to the wishes of his master, connived
at the peculations of his underlings, and if he did
not participate in them, was criminally negligent
in not resorting to means to arrest diem. 0/7?-
ciul documents from his own department, laid
before Congress, demonstrate that he was cogni
zant, lor twelve and eighteen months, and two
years, of numerous defalcations—that he still con
tinued the defaulters in office, with full liberty to
depredate more largely than ever upon the pul
lic.
We guarantee, that the history of the world
may he ransacked, and no where can he found a
hand of thieves, who have had so many opportuni
j ties for plunder, upon an enlarged and magnifi
-1 cent scale, and who have enjoyed so many immu
| nitics and privileges, as the pilfering horde which
| General Jackson and his successor have quarter
j cd upon the public Treasury, and entrusted with
j the custody of the public money. They were
j the great men of their day, free to'indulge the de
i praved propensities of their nature, with none lo
j molest them or make them afraid. Rogues,
i through all time to conic, will look back upon
General Jackson’s administration as the luckiest
era their craft ever knew—and curse St. Nicholas
I and untoward fate, that their lot had not been
1 cast in that happy day and generation.
Mi. \ an Buren and his men need not strain
theii wits, or puzzle their brains, to ascertain a
j cause for the embezzlement of the public money,
j xynen that cause is ns plain as the nose in a man’s
face. 1 hey need not wander abroad to find it in
( ,Ilis or tllat system of Finance—it is at the thres
hold, and cannot escape their observation. It is
neither more nor less than the appointment of
rogues to receive and keep the public money, with
the privilege of appropriating it to themselves,
without the fearof detection or punishment. This
is the true cause of the defalcations, and it is an
! adequate and sufficient one, without the aid of
, any other.
j “Kemexiiieii Prescott” —was the watchword
of the hair brained and misled invaders of Upper
Canada, at Sandwich, nearly opposite Detroit.
1 he remembrance of Prescott, the Albany Argus
j thinks, should have taught them to defer their
expedition until the Canadians desire their aid
in effecting a revolution—fW. Statesman,
"c’OM .MERCIA L.**" "
~ . Savannah, Dec. 5.
Cotton. At rived since the 2/xtli nit. ,5204 hales
Lplamt and 95 bales S I. Colton, and cleared at the
same time,B496 hales Upland and 00 bales 8 I
I leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of’all
on ship board not cleared on the Itii inst of 10807
bale? t pland and 220 bales Sea Island.
Upland was in moderate demand until yesterday
when there was considerable activity at an ini
provement n. prices of ic per lb. The sales amount
to 49a7 bales,at Irani 11.4 to 14c. In Sea Island
no changes the sales consist of 90 bales at Coin 59
: to 4b cw per lb.
„ , ~, ~ 3 Liverpool, Nov, 23.
.. ™ le f I Cut !°, a f «" n »he 17th hist to this date,
; ’; U2i I’ 1 "" 1 <*“<s• *9 at 9 ; 5030 Ala. rnd
j Mobile , 5a.090 N. Orleans, 0
;, 9 .V ernambnco.sgat'sSi Aiacali and team,
- > r and Macaio, 6 ja9i : 820 Maiari
bam, v| s saxvginned do 7 j 5 7ib Egyptian, llalah
j .00 Lagmra, - 820 Caithagena, 4sa3i ; 4920
. J® 1 a,IJ Madras, 4'aoA, 150 at 54. Total, 49,490.
Stuck. 23d Nov. 1830—338,570, of which 266.-
j 400 were American ; 21th Nov. 1837; 175,050, of
which 78,000 xvere American.
There was a good demand for cotton in the ear y
part of the week, and up to Tuesday evening the
sales averaged about 5000 per day nearly all to the
trade. On the two following days there appeared
to he an increased disposition on the part of con
sumers to purchase, and a very large amount of
business was transacted, without however creating
any excitement, indeed a considerable portion of the
business was in cargo sales, viz. 6000 bales Ameri
can in one line lo a dealer, and 4000 to speculators
—transactions of such magnitude, not being the re
sult of previous enquiry in the market, had but lit
tle efi’ect upon prices, which upon the whole are
generally a shade dearer than last week, amounting
to about j d per lb. upon ordinary to fair qualities.
Brazils have been in fair request, and no change
in prices to notice ; in Bahias the sales are conside
rable, chielly however in the better qualities, com
mon kinds being much neglected. Egyptians re
main firm, and prices still tending upwards.
For Burats there continues to he an extensive de
mand, and the common qualities particularly are ta
ken freely r ,even at an advance of full j per lb.—
The slock is noxv chiefly in the hands of specula
tors, and very little offering below Cd per lb.
It),0U0 bags American, 750 Fern am., 250 Bahia,
and 2000 Smut, arc reported as being on specula
tion.
Novehdf.r 24. i y
I append a copy a copy of my letter of 20th.—
The cotton market at present is exceedingly brisk
at ;hc prices quoted in the circular. As you will
observe the sales of the week just closed, come
within a trifle of 50,000 hales. Should you cons
tinue to send us evidence of a diminished crop,
prices may yet go higher, but it appears to me that
much will depend upon the extent of your pros
pects.
November 24.
A large business in cotton was done last week,
the sales having been near 50,000 bales, of which
13.000 bales arc on speculation ; and what is some
what a nexv feature in the market, cargoes of 40,000
bales have been sold in one line, to a dealer and to
speculators. In consequence of this mode of sale,
as not indicating a legitimate demand from consu
mers, prices have not ra.icd much, though Surats
have been naid at full jd advance, and coinmoj
American £ to jsl better. The wants ftom tin
manufacturing districts, though reporting favorably
of the present slate of trade in the interior, are hr
no means such as to warrant these opeiations cf
speculators should the crap on your side turn out an
average one.
Noveoiheb .24.
We hand you annexed a Broker’s Circular of yes
terday', to which we refer you for the general state
of out market. The transactions in cotton, you
will observe, have been large, and prices have im
proved jai per lb. The accounts we receive from
the manufacturing districts are also much more fa
vorable, and there appears great confidence in our
present prices being at least maintained. The dulv
on foreign wheat has declined this week to 13s. Bd.
per quarter and on flour to Ss 2?d. per hbl. It is
probable there will be a considerable further re- j
ducliun in the course of a month.
4 o-day there has been less appearance of business
in our cotton market, the sales have been 3000 i
bales.
There is at present no Carolina Rice in this mar
ket.
November 24.
Cotton. —The brisk demand for cotton noticed in
our last circular of the 20th inst. has continued
since, and ajvery extensive business has again been
done at an advance of about £d. per lb. on the prices
of ten days or a for blight ago. The sales for the
week ending last evening amounted to 48,490 bis.,
of which 7,180 were Upland, at 0 a 7|d. with 20
prime at 9d; 25,090 Orleans, at 6 a 9d. with 2!
brand “ Duncannon,” at 10d.; 5,030 Alabama anc
Mold e, at 6 [ a 7£d.j 130 Sea Island, at 16.1 a 30da
and 250 Stained at 5 a 12d. About 11,000 of the*
above are stated to have been taken on speculation.
1 lie state of trade is still favorab'e at Manchester,
which together with the accounts respecting the
American crop and the probability of its coming
late to market, have led to ttiese extensix'e opera
tions. The stock in this port is now estimated at
332.000 bales, against 370,000 at same period last
season ; the stock of American is about 258,0(0 I
against 74,000 at that period.
, Havre, November 20.
O 6 ,lave a ? ain t 0 advise the sale of
3,1-4 bales ot cotton of all descriptions, the prices
went as follows:— Louisiana at 87f. to 106 50 c *
Georgia C. S. at Sbf. to lOlf. In other articles there
was not much doing.
M A MINE INTELLK JENCE.
1
Savannah, January 5.
Cleared —Ship Transit, Mayhew, Liverpol 1
brig Mary Bernard, Pitcher, Havana.
Arrived —Brig Sea Island, Hobart, Boston; sdir
Emily, Osborn, Camden, Me.
Charleston, January 7
Arrived on Saturday. —British ship Scotland,
Black, Liverpool; British ship Margaret Johnstn,
MoAuley,Belfast; ship Tiber, Prentiss. All two,p;
ship Lotos, Skiddy, New York ; line brig Cervin
les, Kendrick, Boston ; sclir. Gil Bias, Wright, Bos
ton ; steamer Col. Jewett,Gree 1- New York; site,
packet C. Vanderbilt, Botinvell, Wilmington.
Arrived yesterday. —British barque Abercrombie,
Liverpool *, Danish brig Mercer, Moller, Liverpool;
sebr. Abigail, Tvewoigy,Ellswoiili, Mar, schooner
Maitha Wood.PettingaiUN Y •, steam packets jV.
5 . Wright,New York, 72 horns ; N. C. Davis Wil
mington.
Cleared —Brig Two Sisters,-Haynes, Marseilles ;
hiigs Globe, Foster,St. Thomas; Lancet, Kruse Ha
vana ; C L. hiigDimon, Sherwood, N Y.
Went to sea on Saturday ~Fr biigNantais, Mor
son, Nantz ; biig Junius, Gibbs, Bordeaux; schr
Caroline,Sherwood, Savannah j steam packet Gov
Dudley', Ivy, Wilmington, N.C. - 8
Went to sen —Ships Vandalia, Soule, Havjf* |
Belvide. 0, M’Knqwn, Liverpool; Eutaw, Allen,
Liverpool ;Br ship Adam Lodge, Main, Liverpool, fij
Line ship Sutton; Berry, Nexv-York ;C L brig l)i- I
mon, Sherwood, do. U L brig George, Hull, New /■
Wli - _ A
LIST OF LETTERS i
Remaining in the Post Office at Louisville, Ga., &
on the 31st December, 1338, and if not taken out
before the 31slday of March, 1839, will be sent to ■
Post Office Department as dead letters. I
Brinson Moses 2 Mountain Francis '
Botinvell David E 3 Moore Thomas •;
Bostick Littleberry Meadows Daniel ?,
Bostick Filman Mathews Isaac
Caihoun William Nunn Washington V
Cheatham James PatrWge Henry 1
Cain Mrs Ann Pool A J
Connel Jackson Piervill John
Dupont Mrs Prichard James
Dillard Joseph Roxveil Wm B
Davenport Mrs Z Redden James V
Ellis Thomas P Roberts Green
Fitzsimons Col Paul 4 Street Thomas
Gross Mund Stewart James senr
Gardner R H jr esq Simmons Columbus
Hampton Wade Simmons Clayhom C
Hampton Mrs M F 3 Thompson Charles
Hayslip Jonas Thompson Burkett D
Houston John W Thompson Obadiah
Turner Henry P esq
Josey Samuel Watkins Arthur
King Henry Watkins Silas \ .
Lemle Miss Susan A Wooden David 2 ■ ''
Lynch Mancil West Elizabeth ■
Lewis Oscar F Wright Ezekiel ,
Milton Miss Jane M Young CW 4 GH
EBEN. BOTHWELL, P. M. H
fan 8 xv3t Louisville, Gll. J
ACADEMY OF KlGitt.HO> I) COUNTV. ■
rpilE Exercises of tills Institution will com- I
mence on Wednesday, the 2d of January. I
The terms of tuition for the ensuing year, a#! 1 he n|
$lO per quarter in the Classical Department, atul ■■
$8 in tlie English. The fees to be paid to the re
spcctive teachers. By order of the Board,
‘ A. CUNNINGHAM,
dec 31 ts Prcs’l. B. T. A. R. C. H
WII VUE COMPANY’S OFFICE
~^ T 'OTiC E—An election fora President, and seven H
- X Directors for the present year, will be held a! I
I the Company’s (ilfice, on Tuesday next, the Bth ■
inst. between the hours of 9 o’clock, a. m., and I
jan 3 3t_ JOHN SHARP, Treasurer. Hj
AUGUSTA PIKE COMPANY. . I
4 GENERAL meeting of this Company, xvhi
„ V he held at the Lafayette Hall, on Tuesday
| evening next, the Bth inst. at 7 o’clock. Punctual
! attendance is desired as business of importance ■
j xx ill be brought before them. By order of
jan 3 tO CAPT. M. WAGNER, M