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®ri~ CPeehlg Cljr oiikk SSentineL WILLIAM E. JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1839. y OL jn__ No 3 , TUB CllllUMt'ljK AND SUNTISED PUBLISHED, DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY, At No. Broad-street. TERMS! Daily paper, Ten Dollars per annum, in advance. Tri-Weekly paper, at Six Dollars in advance or Seven at the end of the year. Weekly paper, Three Dollars in advance, or Four at the end of the year. V CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15. The Charleston Courier of yesterday says:— By the line ship Saif on, Capt. Berry, arrived yes terday, we received New York papers of Saturday evening last. 50 shares U. S. Bank Stock, sold at New York on the 9th inst„ at 116}. and 50 do. at 116. Croat mortality prevails at Jamaica, in the Brit ish West India squadron—the yellow fever hav. ing proved more fatal than for many years before. | The Cotton market at New York, for the week * ending Saturday, had undergone hut little change nice last report; the sales being mostly forex, portation ; of the middle and lower grades, a dc -1 dine of } cent from the highest point two weeks I since. The sales amounted to 3,500 bales. i- Corruption. S’ The following extract from the testimony taken v by the Investigating Committee, during its session ■ in the city of New York, fixes upon the present J administration the charge of corruption beyond 3 escape. It is hero proven that the officers of the I Custom House of that city, were compelled to I advance a certain portion of their salaries to make I up a fund for the purpose of influencing elections. I Those who refused to contribute in this manner, B were proscribed and ejected from office. How I long will the people shut their eyes to the corrup- I tion of their rulers, who are thus undermining I the elective franchise, the stay and bulwark of I our free institutions. Arent S. De Peyster sworn as a witness. Examined by Mr. Wise. Question. Whilst you were connected with ; house, do you know whether or not I the officers of the customs were called upon to I pay any part of their salaries, or any assessment ■ or tax thereon, for parly or political purposes'! If I yea, state whether you have ever, and when you I have made any such payment, and state the mo- B live upon which such payments were made. f Mr. Wagener objected to the propounding of H this interrogatory, and called for the yeas and nays. ■ The committee decided that the interrogatory HI should be propounded. Yeas —Messrs. < urtis, H Dawson, Harlan, Smith, Wise—s. Nay —Mr. ■ Wagener. B The interrogatory was then propounded, and ■ the witness gave the following Answer. The Weighers were called on to pay ■ $l5 each for the support of the election, and ■ when I declined, Mr. Vanderpoel, the Deputy ■ Surveyor, observed that I ought to consider I whether my $1,500 per annum were not worth I paying $l5 for. Under the impression that it was B the price for my situation, I paid it. The above I occurred during the last spring election for charter B officers. During my holding office, for about five w years, I was occasionally called on, but always dc -1 K dined until within the last two years. B Question. Is the office of Weigher, which you H held, regarded as one under the United Stales, B and the salary of which was paid out of the Trca- H sury of the United States! Answer. Latterly paid out of the Treasury; P formerly a commission was allowed on the amount ‘ p of goods weighed. The office is one held from K the United States. Question. Do you know whether other sub jpt'fl ordinate officers besides yourself in the custom house were called on and required to pay such a W tax or assessment upon their salaries, for the use Elf of party and political purposes ! ®i' Answer. Only by hear-say, as it regards the other officers, but I saw many of the weighers pay * tbs tax of $l5. Was the money thus collected from Kryou and others to be used for political purposes! : If yea, for which of the then and piesent political parties ! Answer. It was intended to be used to support the election of persons attached to the present Ad ministration. Question. Who collected the tax from the IpT Weighers! a- Answer. Mr. Vanderpoel. Question. What office does Mr. Vanderpoel •SB* hold in the custom-house, and what is his salary! |. Answer. At that time he held the oflicc of ’Br Deputy Surveyor. Ido not recollect the amount of his salary. I believe he now holds the office of Appraiser. Question. Had he a book of the names of the officers from whom he collected, or had he a list l of them! | Answer. A list. Examined by Mr. Harlan. Question. Are you acquainted with William v-, M. Price, late District Attorney of the United : tates! If yea, please to state whether he was ' 'regarded, before and after his appointment, ns a i ,j worthy to be entrusted with the collection of mms of money. .uiswcr. I am acquainted with William M. i’rico, late District Attorney, and answer the ques gi- tion in the negative. Question. Was the last payment of $l5, rc ■ terred to by you in your answer to the third ques f-jMtion, paid before nr since the present Collector H Hoyt) came into office! I 'Answer. Since the last Collector came into office. vS Question. Were you removed from office by Bth present Collector! If yea, state when, and wjfcvhether any reasons were assigned therefor, and ?®vhat they were. Answer. I was removed by Mr. Hoyt, (the .present collector,) but have never condescended to k le reasons, and must, therefore, be under the of referring to the Collector, who is now present. The examination of Mr. Lynn, continued by ! Mr. IV7«e. Buestion. Whilst you were Deputy Collector iH 1 ' port of New York, were you ever called on ; BB officer of the custom-house to contribute ! or sums of money to party or political i # s0 ’ w hat amount! was such amount, l|ll' 011 ' called for in consideration of your salary from Government 1 what proportion did it bear to your salary! did you pay it7 if not, why not! who called for such contributions 1 were other subordinates in the custom-house t* your know ledge called on to contribute in like manner 1 for the support of what party were these contributions called fori was any menace, directly or indirectly, of removal, held over these officers or yourself for failures to grant such contributions'! Mr. Owens objected to the interrogatory. The question, shall the interrogatory be pro pounded ! was put, and decided in the affirmative, the yeas and nays having been called by Mr. Ow ens. Yeas —Messrs. Curtis, Dawson, Harlan, Smith, Wise—s. Nays —Messrs. Owens, Wag ener—2. Answer. I have frequently been called on to contribute to political objects while I was deputy Collector, as an officer of the custom-house. The amount was from twenty dollars to one hundred dollars. The tax was pro rata according to salary. It bore a proportion of from one to six per cent. I frequently paid a part of the amount; when it was too high, and more than I could afford, I urged them to reduce it, in one instance, where I was assessed for twenty dollars. Mr. Hwarlwout told the collector of the tax that ten dollars was enough for me to pay. For a few years back I have not paid any thing to the General Committee, because I could not conscientiously longer sustain the party. The collectors of the Tammany Hall General Committee, one of whom was John Becker, called on me several times. William Tyack once or twice called on me to collect the amount with which I was assessed; he was not the regular collector, but was one of the General Committee. I believe that nearly all the officers of the custom-house, in doors and out, and the clerks, w-cre similarly taxed, and generally paid what they were assessed. It was assessed by the General Committee of Tammany Hall, and for the support of the party denominated the Tam many Hall party. If the individual did not pay the amount he was taxed with, the Collector would remark, you will be reported to the General Committee; and every body understood that pro scription would follow. The Collector of the Ge neral Committee has an alphabetical book, which contains the names of persons taxed, and the amount each individual is required to pay. The Disputed Territory. The territory in dispute between Maine and New-Brunswick, embraces 10,705 square miles’ which is larger by 2905 square miles, than the whole State of Massachusetts. The Supreme Court of the United States have affirmed the verdict of the Maryland Court of of §6OOO damages for injuries sustained by Mrs. Saltonstall in the upsetting of a stage coach be longing to Stockton, Stokes & Co. Communicated. Mu. Editor —The day set apart for an election to e hold throughout the State for delegates to represent each county at MilU'dgeville in May, is swiftly gliding on. In Burke, scarcely a whisper is said about it. Gentlemen who ought to know the vital importance of sending delegates to this Convention, and delegates too who are every way competent to carry out the desires of their constituents, scarcely know of the approaching period for the election. Mr. Editor, why does this feeling exist, when with its issues is asso ciated every citizen’s interest. Awake them from their apathetic state, and let each sec himself a(q as becomes worthy citizens, ort the Ist Monday in April next. This Convention is ordered to carry out the policy of the State, and should link all parties. As a State Rights man I would ex tremely regret to sec it made a party thing at the lime of the election, or in the Convention. Wishing success to its object, I remain yours, NEPTUNE. Burke county March 10, 1839. Dower Canada. The Montreal Herald of the 2d inst says : We understand that the 11th Regt. has recei ved orders to proceed immediately to New Bruns wick, and that other two regiments will follow with the least possible delay The same paper adverting to the probability of a general war, makes the following rather absurd statement. “We know that bets have been offered to a considerable amount, by military men, that a por tion of the British army will occupy the state of New York boforclhc first of May next.” And yet, in another column, this same Herald says : “ If all the inhabitants of both provinces were British and loyal, the task of preserving this pro vineefrom the United States would be sufficient ly arduous. Possessing more than twelve times our population trained early and habitually to the use ofarms, and crafty by nature and practice, having within itself manufactories of arms and ammunition, and lying close on a frontier, the line of which is to a great extent ideal; while, on the contrary, our population streaks thinly a vast ter ritory, is not 100 conversant with arms, is obliged to import the munitions of war, is separated from its great protectress by 3000 miles of ocean, and utterly excluded from aid during five months of the year; our situation ought, in the case suppo sed, to be sufficiently hazardous. The state of New York ought to be greatly an overmatch for us. The absence of a cause sufficiently exciting to scud in upon us, en masse, the militia of the neighbouring states, has alone made the defence of these provinces comparatively easy. But, un fortunately, the population of both provinces is far from what we have, for the sake of the argu ment, supposed. The Canadian population is, almost to a man, disloyal; and would rise upon us, in case of war with the United Stales, with a fe rocity and mcrcilcssncss, created and w hetted by the recollection of defeat.” The secret of this inconsistency is, that in one article the Herald is endeavoring to excite the war fever; in the other, it advocates the repeal of the naturalization laws, as regards natives of the Lnited States, the total exclusion of such natives from all offices, even to the very lowest, and, in a word, their expulsion from the provinces. The Quebec Gazette of Feb. 17 mentions the arrival of an express in 62 hours from Frederick | ton with despatches for Sir John Colborne. He arrived at midnight, and set olVagain at 2 in the morning, for Montreal. Sixoi’LAU Perfoumxxek—An officer who served under the Emperor Napoleon has ac complished a singular performance of patient in ' dustry, to which he devoted three whole years.— Alter the fall of Napoleon, having procured sonic ot the hair of the Emperor, of Maria Louisa,and of the King of Rome, he formed a medallion con tabling the address of General Bonaparte to the 1 army ol Italy, on the summit of the Alps— I “ Soldiers ! we descend from these rucks like an impetuous torrent, and we will conquer the im mense plains which meet our wondering eyes.— Then shall victory dispense happiness to all.”— This little speech which in the original French contains about 150 letters, is easily read with a good glass, although the space occupied is almost inconceivably small. To add to the interest that the little work alone would excite, several general officers, and among others General Bertrand, have certified that the materiel is the hair of the three illustrious personages mentioned.— French paper. From the Albany Keening Journal. Burning of Barracks. Extract from a letter from Gen. St. John B. Skinner, dated PiATTSurruoH, Feb. 20, 1089. His Excellenci/ Wm . //. Seward, I have the honor to report to your Excellency; that on Sunday night, the 24th instant, the. build ing occupied by the U. S. troops at Rouse’s Point, in this county, was consumed by fire, together with the dwelling house of Messrs. Norton & While. The fire was first discovered in the north end of the barracks’ building, where no fire had been kept by the soldiers, and spread with such rapidity that it was impossible to prevent the en tire destruction of the two buildings mentioned. A considerable quantity of military stores were also destroyed. The prevailing opinion seems to be that the building was set on lire; but whether by the '‘patriots,” or the Canadian volunteers, or by sonic individual, is difficult to determine. There however appears to bo some cause for be lieving it may have been the work of some one or more of a party of volunteers stationed in Odle town. Several of this party came on Sunday to Comer’s store, (situated directly upon the line, partly in Canada and partly in the United States, and raised a British llag, with much cheering, &c. Several others were at Mcrchon’s tavern, some mile and a half that side of the line, and in the immediate neighborhood of the barracks, Sunday afternoon and evening, drinking and carousing until a late hour; and immediately after the alarm of the fire was given, an individual, resembling the volunteers in dress and appearance, particular ly the large cap worn by them, was seen running • through the fields to the north. An Outrage at St. Pierre. The Wilmington, N. C. Advertiser, publishes the following extract of a letter, dated St, Pierre, Martinique, Feb. 9, 1839 : “ Our Consul, Patton Gay, was attacked in his office, a fewd *, by a merchant by the name of Bra (lb , his clerk, Crancy, who burst open the don lircatened him with the most abusive tango , and closed the scene by pulling his ears. rooceution was entered against Braflin, nud has been condemned to one year’s imprisoi. nont, and fined 3,500 francs ' damage by the Court as defaulter.” * From the N. T. Commercial Advertiser of the Ith r Liabilities or Rail Road Companies.—ln the Baltimore American of yesterday we find the ’ report of a trial in the County Court, which is of s some interest to rail-road companies. The suit was brought by Philip Uhlcr, for datn , ages consequent upon the injury of his wife, by a rail-road car, of which she died six weeks after t the occurrence. The circumstances were briefly ' these. , A burden car had been engaged by a merchant of Baltimore to be sent to his store, there to take ’ in a load of goods. When the car arrived there " was a wagon before the store, and the car was 5 therefore stopped just above it. by locking the wheels together with a chain and padlock, the agent of the company then going away and taking the key of the padlock with him. It seems that keys fitting the padlocks used by the agents were deposited by the company with certain flour merchants of Baltimore, for their own use. One of these keys was borrowed, on the day of the accident, by a lad, the clerk of the merchant who had ordered the car; and with this key, after the wagon was gone, be unlocked the padlock, took off the chain and attempted to place the cur immediately before the door, convenient for load ing. It proved, however, unmanageable for his ' strength, and escaping from him shot down the street, which has a considerable inclination, ran ! over Mr. Uhler’s wife, who was crossing, and in -1 dieted the injuries that caused her death. The points raised hy the counsel on both sides 1 arc thus stated in the report. ’ The plaintiff’s counsel contended that the com -1 pany were guilty of negligence in permitting any one, except their own officers, to have the means 1 of unlocking the cars, and were answerable for the consequences. They contended that the giv -2 ing the key to Mr. Black made him the company’s agent, and they were responsible for his acts. For the defendants, it was contended that Mr. 3 Black received the key for bis own accommoda -3 tion, and was not the agent of the company. ’ That if he was an agent, he was a special agent, and in lending the. key, or permitting it to be ta -3 ken, had exceeded his authority, and the company 3 were not responsible. It was contended that the ‘ convenience of the large receivers of flour on the rail road required that permission to move the cars * should be given to them. That the road in How ‘ ard street was a private road, made by the indi- vidual property holders, under the authority of the ‘ Legislature; and that the company, instead of be- ing punishable for promoting their convenience as r they had done, had only done their duty. 'That ' the clerk of Reynolds and Mosher was not con B structivcly, or in fact, an agent of the company. Q In taking the key he was to be viewed as a wrong ‘ doer—over whose acts the company had no eon s trol, and for the consequences of which they ’ should not be held responsible. > The case went before the jury upon the issue > whether the key, the use of which had caused the ' damage complained of, had been entrusted to a r man of ordinary care. If it bad been, then the plaintiff was not entitled to recover. If it had ■' not been, he was entitled to damages from the 3 defendant. * Verdict for plaintiff, 8500 damages. 3 Thejury thereby deciding that it was not or s dinary care in the merchant who had the key, to 1 lend it to the clerk by whose injudicious attempt the accident had been caused. , Unmanly. —There is a heartless and shameful i practice frequently resorted to among those who ! assume to themselves the name of men, for the j 1 indulgence of spleen occasioned by petty domestic I i quarrels. We allude to that of the husband ad- i ’ i verlining his wife, and forbidding all persons to ! ■ i repose any confidence in her whom ho has sworn ’ ■ j to love and protect whilst life shall worm his Ik>- | som. Wo should think it quite sufficient pain and degradation that's woman should he compelled to leave her husband without the distressing cir cumstance being announced in the public prints with all the malignant features of revenge and hatred accompanying the communication. We think it the duty of every conductor of a public print to refuse the insertion of such advertise ments, Nine times out of ten it is the woman’s unhappy lot to be compelled to the pursuit of this dreadful course by the maltreatment of him who has vowed to support and cherish her, and never should an editor bo instrumental in holding her up to the animadversions and slander of the tat tling and evil disposed— N. 0. Picayune. Ptevi the Journal of the American Silk Socitiy. The Silk Culture. Much doubt having been entertained by our armors and others, whether the production of silk could be made profitable in this country, the Mon mouth County Silk Manufacturing Company, of New Jersey,last spring ofiered aptemium of eighty dollars to the person who would produce the great est number ofpounds of cocoons from the sixteenth of an acre. In order in some measure to test the matter of profit, with reference to this premium, and anxious myself to sec what could be done the first season, even by the most inexperienced, I measured and planted with the mortis mullicaulis the sixteenth of an acre. The ground was laid off in a parallelogram form, about thirty by ninety feet. The soil was not rich and not more than two ordinary loads of manure, worth one dollar each, was put on the lot. 1 planted roots the growth of the previous season, in an upright form in rows eighteen inch es apart, and the trees about ten inches apart in the rows—twenty-three hundred and twenty roots in all. The ground was by no means suitable for trees, being a cold heavy clay, they were accord ingly small—not having attained an average of more than three feet the whole season. The roots were planted the twentieth of April. In order to have the full advantage of the growth of the leaves, I intended to feed but few worms at a time, and have successive crops. On the nineteenth of June, when my trees were about eighteen inches high, my first eggs hatched, the next hatched June twenty-sixth, sooner than I expected or intended. Tearing I might get no more eggs to hatch I fed about twelve thousand worms on the sixteenth. The trees being small and the season exceedingly dry, the leaves grew very alow. About a week before the worms spun, 1 took from the worms 1 was feeding on the leaves produced on the sixteenth of an acre, about five thousand, and borrowed and weighed the leaves to curry these through. To do this required one hundred and forty-three pounds of leaves. ’The worms thus fed, together with a few hundred of the two crop variety fed late in the season, pro duced thirty-eight pounds and eleven ounces of cocoons. After deducting the proper amount for leaves borrowed, which, according to Count Don dola, is twenty-one pounds of leaves for each pound of cocoons —six pounds and thirteen oun ces being deducted, I had from the sixteenth of an acre thirty-one pounds anil fourteen ounces of cocoons. About 9 pounds of these cocoons were the mammoth white, tire balance were the com mon sulphur, except about two pounds of the two crop variety I was entirely ignorant of the process of feeding when I commenced, and indeed of the necessary fixtures and accommodations for feed ing to advantage. I fed them as much as they would eat, kept the hurdles clean, and the room well ventilated. The weather was exceedingly warm during the whole time of feeding, but the worms were remarkably healthy', and all wound in about thirty to thirty-four days. Now as to the matter of profit if thirty-one pounds fourteen ounces is produced from the six teenth of an acre, then live hundred and ten pounds is produced from the acre. If the cocoons arc worth forty cents per pound which I presume is n low estimate, and if they are sold to the manufacturer, then the proceeds of an acre will bo $304. la regard to the expenses of feeding, I do not deem it necessary to enter into particulars, these indeed it is difficult accurately to estimate. They consist in interest on invest ment for trees, rent of land, and of cocoonery, and the wages of persons employed in feeding. In very many cases the whole expense to the farmer will he merely nominal, the work will be done by children, or persons who perhaps would do but little else, and the rent of cocoonery would be no thing, for a barn, a shed, or a garret may be used, where little or no expense will be incurred. But in any event I regard it as certain that the ex pense could not exceed at the rate of $lOO per acre, which would leave a net profit of $lO4 per acre. Now I would ask, can our farmers desire a belter return than this 1 Do they realize the one-half of this as net profit per acre—from their very best lands in any other agricultural pursuits ! And here let it be observed, the above is the re sult of actual experiment, and not merely calcu lation.—lt is a calculation founded on what I have actually done, and that others may do the same or even far more I have no manner of doubt, for there is no mystery whatever in feeding the worms, the whole art consists in keeping each day’s hatching by themselves, in feeding as much as they will eat, in keeping them clean and well ventilated—and with a good crop of eggs success is absolutely certain. But I am persuaded the net profits per acre may be safely put at double the above amount, viz : $2OB. For, owing to the impossibility of procuring eggs, and to the fact that my worms were all fed before my trees had attained much more than half their growth, I did not feed half the worms which 1 had leaves to feed. In this opinion every judicious silk-grower who has seen my trees concur. But even if only $lO4, net profit, can lie obtained from tin; acre (lie first year, the amount in proportion which I actually pro duced, what may be reasonably expected the sec ond, the third, the fourth, and the fifth years ! So far as I am informed it is allowed that the amount of foliage each succeeding year, while the trees are comparatively young, will be so much grea ter, that the grower can feed at least one-third more each year limn were fed on the same trees the preceding year. The net profit then will be, after a very largo allowance for expenses, first year, $104; second year, $lllB 00; third year, $lB4 88; fourth year, $340 00; and the fifth year, $O3B 50. But another view of the subject may be taken when the net profit per acre will be much larger than the above. Every grower ought, and un doubtedly w ill, ultimately reel his own cocoons, instead of taking them to the manufacturer to be reeled. My own experience in reeling convin ces me that there is really no great difficulty in reeling the cocoons. A little experience will en able any one to do it with case and facility; and if the grower reels his own cocoons his profits per acre, will beat least one-fourth more than the above estimate or calculation.—That is the net profit per acre will ho, the first year, $130; the second year, $173 33; the third year, $331 10; the fourth year, $3OB 13; and the filth year, $llO 70. I ho above estimates, I know, arc much below the estimates of many writers on this subject— hut 1 am aware that even these will appear large to those whose minds have lioen but little turned to the production of silk; and the very fact that the profits are represented as being so large may make many persons incredulous. But why should it have such an effect ! A new road to wealth is just opening. It is as yet, indeed in a great measure untried, but hope dawns auspicious and promises that the day and its brightness shall be ours. 1 would not endeavour to persuade a sin gle individual in the community to engage in this enterprize, did 1 not believe he would reap a most liberal reward for his expenditure and labor. With a climate and soil as congenial to the mulberry and the silkworm as any on the globe; with an annual consumption of not far from #25,000,000 and this constantly increasing, and with a popu lation as enterprising and ingenious as any on earth, how can wo fail of success 1 Lc»s than fifty years since we were just commencing to grow and manufacture cotton. Now it has ad vanced from nothing to be a principal source of °ur national wealth—though confined to less than hall the Union. And I appeal to the intelligence of every reflecting man, is it not more probable now; that in forty years to come, silk will be a groat national interest, than it was forty years since that cotton would be now such an inter est. No enterprise could ever be commenced under more favorable circumstances. The acts of Con gress and of the legislatures of many of the stales shew that they regard with interest and favor the introduction of this new branch of industry. A few hundred dollars will furnish a sufficient stock of the morus multicaulis to make a beginning, and such is and will continue to he the demand for these trees—that a part may he sold the first season to defray the original cost, and if success should not equal expectation nothing is lost. Be cause I wish my fellow-citizens more prosperous and happy, and because I believe the production of silk in thiscountry is destined, at no distant day to add more to individual and national wealth, and to the glory of the republic than any enter prize in which, os a people, we have embarked for the last age, I commend to them this subject. D. V. McLEAN. Freehold, N. J. Dec. Bth, 1838. Fire and Loss of Life.—The range of stables in the rear of the City Hotel, at Alexan dria, I). C., were destroyed by fire on Sunday morning last, about three o'clock. About twelve or thirteen fine horses, and worst of all, a human being, a servant attached to the hotel, perished in the flames. It is supposed that he was sufibcated, before he could make any attempt to escape. Six of the horses belonged to Mr. Wise, the proprietor ot the hotel, who also had a large quantity of hay and oats. —Mrs. Fitzhugh, of Fairfax, Va., had her carriage destroyed, and several gentlemen from the adjoining counties lost their horses. It was not known how the lire originated.—Alex andria Gazette. Orator Duncan, it may be remembered, re ceived a severe injury from something in th< diape of cowskin, somewhere in the ncignbor , hood of Cincinnati. “Where were you hurl , Doc tor,” said a friend ; “ was it near the verler , Inal” “No, no,” said the disciple of Galen “it was near the racecourse— Picayune. i A Clergyman a few days ago, in the country reading the burial service over a corpse, when ht ! came to the words "Thisour brother,” &c., for- I got whether the deceased was a man or a woman: turning to one of the mourners, who happened to he an Irishman, he asked him “is this a brother orsister!” “Neither one or the other,” answered 1 Pat; “it was only an arf/uainlance, your honor.” r MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, March 13. Cleared —Hr bark Richabucto,Gansing, Liverpool. Arrived yesterday —Ship Newark, Dennett, New York; Hr brig Isabella, Moses, Demarara; brig Pla net, Kinneal, Portsmouth; steamboat John Ran rtolph, Lyon, Augusta; steamboat Chatham, Wray. Augusta. Charleston, March 14. Arrived yesterday— Line ship Sutton, Berry, New York; hrig Globe, Foster, St. Croix; brig itowsc, Cady, N. Orleans; schrs Daniel Webster, Austin, New York; Dunton & Son Smith, New-York; A. F. Myrick, Perry, New-York. Cleared. —Fr. brig Deux Frercs, Marionneau, Nantz; Han. galliott Maria Von Cammengs.Feycr, Amsterdam; schr. Ursula, Davis,Mobile. 'E-*-' "" - MOnus MULTICAULIS.— 2O,OOO Cuttings, and 1,000 Trees, two years Sdjrife . old—for sale by mar i j trw2ws MULBERRY TREES,—Genuine Morus Multicaulis, for sale at the Au iJraufy' gusta Seed Store. Just received from JL England—Spring Tares, Winter Fares, Italian Clever, Hcnt Grass, Swedish Turnips, kc. kv. dec 29-3tawf2m lAW NOTICE. —The undersigned have en- J tered into co-partnership in the practice of the Law, under the firm of KING <s• WRIGHT. — Office at Greensboro, Ga., next door north of the Hank. All business intrusted to our management shall receive the most prompt attention. VELVKRTON P. KING, ALBERT M. WRIGHT. Greensboro, Jan. 7, 1539. trw3m A. LAFITTE & HHOTIIRK, ~ GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, CHARLESTON, SOUTII-CAROI.INA. d 1 HATEFUL for the liberal patronage extended 1 f towards them by their friends in Georgia and Alabama, respectfully renew the offer of their ser vices ; one of the concern will devote his undivided attention to the RECEIVING AND FORWARD ING BUSINESS , and therefore hopes to give gen eral satisfaction. swim fi.fi 27 ■ AND TO KENT. —-The subscriber offers foi i rent the land attached to Ins residence, ad joining the corporate limits of the city, very well adapted to the cultivation of the Mulberry. CHARLES CARTER, mar 2. law2ws JUST received, new style French Collars,Capes, Cbenelle Corde, linen cambric Hdkfs., boys’ Palm Loaf Hats, Misses’ Bonnets, London Prints, Patterns for Worsted, Flowers and Sprigs, white and blk Satin and Kid Slippers for ladies,babys’ Socks and Shoes, Uareclets, etc. etc., at Mis. C. HOFFMAN’S Fancy Dry Goods and Millinery store, Broad-streot, Augusta. mar 13-trwlm "VTOTICE is hereby given that the City Taxes 11 for the present year arc now due, and that the Collector and Treasuicr will call on the citizens for payment, and persons failing to discharge them when called on, will be dealt with as the ordinance directs. JOHN H. MANN, fob Id sw2m Collector and Tre «urerC. A. rINSEEI) OIL AND WHITE LEAD—A large I supply just received and for sale by feb 11 dlwfcwlm J. J. ROBERTSON & CO. [ PENFIELD FEMALE SEMINARY. VU/ AIVI Li) immediately, in this institution, a I .▼ T , 4 Lj4(i y ful, y competent to take charge of the Music Department. A liberal salary will be given. Apply to tbe Principal. WM, RICHARDS. Penfteld, February 19, 1839. wtf Notice.— The firm of Harris & Jacobs, Jr. has dissolved this day, by mutual consent— All persons having demands against said firm will apply to Moses Jacobs, Jr.; and all persons indebted will make payment to the same, at Bordeaux, Ah bcvillc District, South Carolina. HARRIS & JACOBS. March 1, 1839. 3tw* cheap dry goods stoke, Wholesale and Retail. rpHE subscriber respectfully inlorms the Ladies X ot Augusla and the adjoining vicinity, that he has taken one cf Mr. D. L. Carter’s stores, op posite Messrs. Reese Beall’s grocery store, and adjoining A. I. Huntington Ar, Son, where he has opened a general assortment of Dry Goods, and 1 will be in daily receipt ol a general assortment of English, French and Domestic Dry Goods, which he f will sell at very reduced prices, lower than can be had in the city. And he invites the Ladies to come , and judge for themselves. Consisting in part of Plain and barred Muslins Mourning Ginghams Shelly pattern Cambrics French do do Mourning do do Printed Jackonets Dark Gro M Defaine Light do do Fig’d Satins | Long Cloth ' Linens Silk and Cotton Hosiery’ Open work Silk do —And many articles 100 numerous to mention. Please give a call and look I foj-y ourselves, Orders received for any description of articles; , and will always be received in a very shoit time, and will be found much lower than can be pur chased elsewhere on very reasonable terms. 1 ‘ D. M. VAN WEZLE. 1 fob 26 swim STOLEN, on the night of the 13th instant, from < amp, three miles dis i S' . yTltant from Augusta, on the Savannah load, a small sorrel HORSE, about * j |T fourteen hands high,twelve years old, with a short tail, main and tail of flaxen color—is a natural pacer—together with a black wagon saddle and blind bridle. I will give a reward of Ten Dollars for the horse delivered * to me in Jefferson county, or of Twenty’ Dollars for the horse and thief, taken under circumstances that will convict him. Any information left with Janies M. Dvc, Augusta, will be thankfully received. ’ JOHN R. COOK. mar 15 w3t NOTICE. —Proposals will be received at the office of the Clerk of Council, until 9 o’clock, A. M. the first Saturday in April, for putting up ji Fence around the African Burying Ground of the following description. The Posts to be of the best llghtwood to square 7 inches, to feet in length, 2 J feet of which is to be set in the ground 10 feet apart from the centre of the post. The planking to be of heart stuff li inches thick, 6 inches wide, and 7 planks high and inches apart. There is to be two gates at such places, and of such sizes as may be pointed out by the Committee. The whole length of the Fence is 3,040 feet, and must form two 1 tines and angles. trwtd march 15 PLANTATION FOR SALK.— The sub scriber offers lor sale his splendid plantation, r " in Lee county,containing one thousand six hundred >. acres of land, all in a solid body. It consists of lots 56, 57, 72, 88, 89, 103, 104, and one other, number not now recollected, in the third District of l.te county. About 350 acres are in cultivation, /, and under excellent fencing, nil fresh, none of it ,e hiving been cleared more limn five or six years, r . and most of it within the last I wo years. The cleared land is all of the first quality,oak and ’’ hickory land, and is capable ol producing from 12 o to 1600 pounds of cotton to the acre. The un ir cleared land is all of the same quality, except two d la's which ere first rale pine land,and almost equal » to the oak and hickory tor the production of cotton. On the plantation is a first rule gin house ami gin, * the running gear hunt last year; also a comfortable dwelling and all other necessary outbuildings for a planter who works 25 or 30 hands. On llio land nr« several fine springsofoxeellenl, pure water and the well water used at the plantation is equal to al- I. most any in the up-counlry, for freshness, and t purity. The place is also very heahhy, as there was not a single ease of sii kness among my ne groes last year, requiring the attendance of a phy cian. The land lies on thcenstorn branch ot Cbicka •awliatchie creek, 18 miles Irom Albany, in Baker county, the head of steamboat navigation on Mint river, which will enable the purchaser lo get his v crop easily lo market. Tho terms will be mode to , suit the purchaser. Enquire of the subscriber, at , Alliens, or of i he editor ol the Chronicle* Sentinel. . juno 7 irw&wif CHARLES G. MeKENM’.Y. WHOLESALE HAT WAKE-HOUSE, No. 201 Market street, Philadelphia. 1 THOM ASEVA NS &■ Co. , (late Ran- | kin & Evans, Augusta, Ga.,) takep cast I nal ure in informing their friends throughou £4s3A Georgia, Carolina, and Alabama, that ’ vr - they have located themselves in Phila delphia,where they manufacture and keep on hand a large assortment of Hats and Caps, of all descrip - lions, which they will sell at wholesale, at such ; prices and on sueli terms as will satisfy those who may favor them with their orders. They would i respectfully invite those merchants who buy in tho , northern markets, to give them a call, as they feel i confident their stock will attract the attention of buyers. THOMAS EVANS At. Co. dec 24 swtf r dj* The Milledgevillc Journal, Mobile Chronicle, Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser,andCharlesU n t ou ’ rier, will publish the above twice a week fur two months, and charge this office. Each paper is re ’ quested to send a paper containing the advertise ment to the advertisers in Philadelphia. FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD. mm Ranawuy frmo the subscriber, in the early part of September last, his Negro boy TOM, 17 or 18 years o d •JsßMj and about five feet four or five inches high, he is well formed and reniatk- V\ >B% ably likely, with a smooth black skm and bushy head of hair. He was purchased by me last spring in Hamburg, S. C., of Thomas. Norris, a trader, for whom he was purchased by Mr. Ilu'l, the tiadcr of Mr. John Stone, of Norfolk, Virginia. 1 will give fifty dollars for the apprehension and delivery of said hoy at the jail in this city, or twenty-live dol lars fur his cunlincmeiit in any- other jail so that I get him. JOHN CARTER. Augusta, Oecemhcr3l,lB3B. swtf dj" The Greenville, Mountaineer, Marou Mes senger, and Raleigh Register, will publish tile above weekly one month and charge this office. AUGUSTA SEED STORE^ Removed to six doors above the Rail Road Uanlt WARRANTED GARDEN SEED just received from the Shakers by I. 11. SERVICE. A fresh supply of Garden Seeds, Bird Seeds, Clo ver, Lucerne, Potato Onions, Onion Setts, BADEN CORN, Ate. The usual allowance made to country dealers. A few Brushes,Sieves, Swifts, Ac.;also.a beau tiful collection of Bulbs, Plants, Flower Seeds, Ac. nov d* 4m.72w w SPRING DRY GOODS. ~~ Fl'tHE subscribers are now receiving their usual 1 assortment of STAPLE AND FANCY SPRINU DRY HOODS, which they offer at satis | factor / prices and terms. EDGAR Ac CARMICHAEL. Augusta, March 16 stv3ws