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WILLIAM E. JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 9,1839. Yol. lII.— No. 41.
THE CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 8.
The reports of the Banks of this city which
have been published in our paper within the last
four days, exhibit all these institutions to he in a
sound condition. They shew a considerable re.
duction of circulation since the first of October
last, and a still larger diminution of specie on hand,
but still amply sufficient, indeed more than neces'
sary, for the amount of their circulation. The
following table exhibits the circulation and specie
of each of the five principal institutions in the city.
CIRCULATION. SPECIE.
E..;ik of Augusta, 254,733 131,898
. iwltanics’, 282,880 153,516
Insurance, 250,820 74,860
Rail Road Br. 146,713 125,617
State Bk. Br. 151,730 145,855
Total, 1,081,876 621,746
We have not before us the statements of all these
institutions for October, but enough to say that
their aggregate circulation has been diminished
since then, about one hundred thousand dollars )
and their specie over three hundred thousand dol
lars. It may be a matter of some interest, to as.
certain what has become of tnis amount of specie,
thus abstracted from the Banks of this city, within
the last six months. Has it been drawn by
Planters and thrown into circulation; or has it
found its way into the vaults of the country Banks;
or has it been shipped to the North, for the pur
pose of creating exchange 1 If the former, it
was certainly unwise and injurious; if the second,
those institutions, have no right to make the com.
plaints which they have made—their forthcoming
reports will elucidate this point; if the latter
which we imagine is nearest the truth, then it is
an evidence of what we have all along struggled
to prove, that the severity of the times is attribute,
ble in a great degree to the indebtedness of the
state at the North. We shall look with consido'
rable interest for the publication of the reports of
the interior banks, and until that time, we cannot
form correct conclusions as to the relative merits
of the controversy between them and the banks o'
this city. We have seen that our Banks have
parted with about three hundred thousand dollars
n specie while their circula ion has diminished
one hundred thousand. It now remains to be
seen whether like sacrifices have been made by
the interior institutions.
A friend has handed us the following report of
the Merchants and Planters’ Bank of Columbus.
General statement of the Planters’ and Mechan
ics' B .nk of Columbus, on Monday morning
April 1, 1839.
on.
Capital stock, $260,000 00
Notes of the Bank issued, $500,000
do. “on hand, 190,775
do. “ in circulation, 309,225 00
Individual Deposiles, 82,848 38
Due to other Banks and Corporations, 15,908 32
do. “ Agents, 95,004 96
Dividend No. 1, 1,334 00
Discounts Account, 10,934 48
Surplus Fund, 24,929 18
f $800,184 32
cn.
Notes Discounted running to ma
turity, $226,733 33
Bills of Exchange, running to ma
turity, on New Y'ork, 399,006 07
Bills of Exchange, running to ma
turity on other places, 2,193 50
Due by other Bunks and Agents, 25,446 74
Incidental Expenses, 869 80
Banking House and Lot, 13,389 75
Salaries, 874 98
Specie, 104,449 19
Notes of other Banks, 26,825 00
Corporation and Individual change
bills, 295 96
$800,184 33
Connecticut Election.
By last evening’s mail we received the result of
the election in Connecticut. The Whigs have
swept the State. They have elected their candi
date for Governor, a majority in both branches
of :be Legislature and carried every Congressional
ict in the State. The following is the result
, : all he towns but a few which cannot make
’t difference.
FOR GOVF.RXOR.
Ellsworth (Whig) 22,676
is Niles (V. 8.) 19,957
Phelps (Con.) 945
CONGRESS.
r Ist Diet —Joseph Trumbull.
2 “ William L.Storrs.
3 » Thomas W. Williams.
4 “ Thomas B. Osborne.
5 “ Truman Smith.
6 “ Jno. H. Brockway.
Massachusetts Election.
Fourth Congressional District. —The
Boston Atlas of Tuesday publishes the returns of
the late election in this district. The vote stood
for Parmcnter (loco foco) 4970 ; Brooks (Whig)
4432 ; scattering 529. Mr. Parmcnter is there
fore elected by a majority of nine votes. It will
be recollected that this was the fourth trial—the
previous ones having resulted in no chicc.
Reduction Convention.
Baldwin —A. H. Kennan, Thos. Haynes, Geo.
R. Clayton.
Bibb —U. J. Bulloch, J. S. M. Baldwin, John
T. Lamar, R. Bivins.
Chatham —John M. Berrien, M. Wayne, R_
M. Pooler, R. M. Charlton, J. W. Jackson.
Clark —Asbury Hall, Thos. Mitchell, Thos.
Moore, John H. Lowe.
Columbia —lsaac Ramsey, N. Crawford, T.
11. Dawson, Juriah Harris.
Crawford —Thos. Crutchfield, Nat. Fowler
Geo. R. Hunter.
Decatur —Bcnnet Crawford, Thos. Hines, Jno
P. Gaulden.
Dooly —Wiley Cobb, David Graham, Miles
R, Harmon.
Glynn —Scarlett and Moore.'
Greene —Thos. Stokes, Wm. C. Dawson, Wm.
Daniel, David S. Terrel.
Hall —Jas. Law, John E. Rives, Josiah H.
Gill, Minor W. Brown.
Hancock —Wilkins Smith, Eli. H. Baxter,
Jno. Graybill, Charles E. Haynes.
Henry —A. G. Murray, J. D. Johnson, Wm.
Beck, P. T. Ward.
Houston —H. Lawson, J. E. Dcnnard, Jas.
M. Kelley, Creed T. Woodson.
Jackson —Asa Yarnam, Edward Story, G.
Mitchell, Jas. R. McClaskey.
Jefferson —Roger L. Gamble, P. B. Connally,
Moses Brinsen.
Jones —Joseph Day, Jas. Gray, Abner H. Fie
wellcn, Peter Northam.
Liberty —Hines, Walthour and Spencer.
Monroe —E. G. Calincss, Jno. H. Banks, T. E.
Harman, S. Holt, L. Johnson.
Morgan —J. W. Porter, tto wart Floyd, Thos_
Swift, Jos. M. Evans.
Muscogee —J. C. Calhoun, Wiley W T illiams )
S. Jones,K. M. Kensie,Thos. Watson.
Newton —J. Bass, J. Perry, J. Colley, D,
Crawford.
Pulaski —A. C. Bostwick, Wm. S. Whitfield
J. M. Bracewell.
Putnam —H. Branham, Joly Hudson, J. S.
Meriwether, D. R. Andrews.
Richmond —J. P. King, J. Shly, C. J. Jenkins,
H. Mealing.
Talbot —J. Riley, G. Davis, Wm. Searcey, P.
S. Mahone.
Taliaferro —Thos. Chaffin, A. H. Stephens,
R. Q. Dickinson.
Twiggs —B. B. Smith, H. Durham, Robert
Riedford.
Warren —J. Butt, E. Wilson, B. M. Roberts
Daniel Dennis.
Washington —Wm. Hust, Wm. Hodges, J.
R. Smith, J. J. Long.
Wilkes —Thos. Woottcn, Thos. Talbot, E.
Callaway, R. J. Willis.
Wilkinson —Sam. Beall, C. C. Beall, S. B-
Murphy.
The following letter from Col. Henry G. Lamaj
of Macon, addressed to the Editor of the Georgia
Journal, should have appeared in our paper on
Friday last, but the paper containing it was mis'
laid.
Macojt, March 23d, 1839.
To the Editor of the Georgia Journal :
Deah Sin—Through the partiality of my
friends, and the suggestions of some of the public
Journals, (yours included,) my name has been
presented as one of the nominees to the Guberna
torial State Right Convention to be held in May
next. I have given countenance to it, so far as
to answer affirmatively to some of my friends,
when the enquiry was made, whether or not I
would accept the nomination if conferred on me.
A more mature consideration of the subject, has
effected a change of feeling and determination.
This communication ts made to apprise of the
fact, those who may have intended to bestow on
mo their support, that their attention may be di
rected toothers, who are more solicitous to sacri
fice the repose of private life, to the acquirement
of public honors.
With high consideration and respect, your obe
dient servant.
HENRY G. LAMAR.
Baltimore Post Office.— lt is now settled,
says the Patriot of Tuesday, that Mr. Skinner is
( 0 abdicate on the first of June next, and that Mr.
Vanzant is then to take possesssion of the Pos t
Office.
Estrays.
We would respectfully beg leave, says the Geor
gia Journal, to call the attention of the Clerks of
the Inferior Courts, in the adjoining counties, to
the section of the law, now of force in this Slatc >
which requires, that all Estrays shall be advertised
'n the Georgia Journal, Augusta Chronicle or
Savannah Republican.
By special acts of the Legislature, several coun
ties in or near which, newspapers have been es
tablished since the passage of the law alluded to)
have been allowed the privilege of advertising in
other papers—but we presume the Clerks of those
counties that have no such law for their special
benefit, may be acting illegally to advertise Estrays
in any other papers but those pointed out in the
law. It may be found in Prince’s Digest, page
2; 8 . We publish the section below:
“Section Ist. From and after the first day of
March next, it shall be the duty of the Clerks of
the Inferior Courts of this State, respectively,
within ten days after they or either of them, may
have received from any justice of the Peace of the
county for which he is Clerk) before whom any
Estray horse, mare, colt, gelding, filly, ass, or mule,
may have been posted, in conformity with the Be
tray Law now in force in this Stale, a description
of such Estrayed horse, mare, colt, gelding, filly,
ass, or mule, to advertise such estray or estrays,
according to the description thereof, which he
may have received as aforesaid, in the Goorgia
Journal, Augusta Chronicle, or Savannah Repub
lican ; and the proprietors of said papers, shall
receive as compensation for the publication of each
such estray, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents. ’
From the New York Star.
Resignation of Mr. Kiddle
We should be all badly oil for a paragraph if
soinb event ot importance, su h as war or rumors
of war, resignations and appointments of itnpor- S (
tance, running away of sub treasurers, &c. &c.
did not occasionally occcur to lighten the burdens
of newspaper writers, and create subjects of con
versations and surmises. Mr. Biddle’s resigna
tion, sudden and unlocked tor, created a panic,
which is very easily created in these times. Stocks
went down and went up ; they went down under
the supposition that he was quitting a sinking
ship, and they ran up again on ascertaining that
the Bank was in a prosperous condition, and that
severe labor and delicate health were the only
causes of resignation. It was a regular old clock
affair, “Here she goes—there she goes.” But
Mr. Biddle having gone out of the Bank, the
next question was, “how arc we to dispose of him?”
“ Appoint him to the Treasury, and send Wood
bury to England,” says one. “Nonsense,” savs
another, “it is too absurd to think about; Van
Buren could not possibly be so very inconsistent.”
We have our own notions on these matters, and
do not think it so very absurd as some may im
agine. The American Sentinel, a strung admin
istration paper, speaking of this resignation, says:
“Whatever may have been said by heated par
tisans, in disparagement of this gentlen an, in
consequence of the political warfare that was car
ried on for several years between the General
Government and the Bank over which Mr. Bid
dle presided, it must be conceded by every man
in this community competent to judge on the
question, that he has managed the affairs of the
Bank with consummate skill, during a period of
unexampled pecuniary embarrassment, and earned
for himself a reputation as a financier, unrivalled
in this country, and not surpassed in any other.
He carries with him into his retirement— if in
deed he .shall be suffered to remain in retirement
—the best wishes of the commercial community J
of jhe Union 1!” 0m
This is from an opponent, let it be remembered.
The little Sun, of this city, administration if any
thing, says, this morning:
The only causes assigned by Mr. Biddle in his
letter of resignation, are. impaired health, and a
desire for retirement. Rumor, however, immedi
ately connected his resignation with an apj oint
ment to the office of Secretary of the Treasury ;
which rumor was strengthened by the reported
resignation of that office by Mr. Woodbury, and
the degree of intimacy which has for some time
past existed between Mr. Biddle and the President
and his cabinet. It received further countenance
from the fact that Mr. Forsyth had been in Phil
ai’e'phia all last week, and was frequently during
that time in close conference with Mr. Biddle.
The Washington papers of Saturday, however,
contain no intimation of resignation by Mr. Wood
bury, and the report is certainly premature, if not
without prospect of future realization. Individu
ally, we regard the appointment of Mr. B. to the
office of Secretary of the Treasury, as far from
being the most unlikely thing in the world. It
would be one of the happiest events for the finan
cial interests of the government and the country
at large that could possibly take place, and would,
withal, be a master stroke of political policy on
the part of the President.
We let these things pass for what they arc
worth. Since General Jackson laid illegal hands
on the deposites, and introduced his ultra experi
ments on the currency, fifty millions of dollars
have been lost by men in business, to say nothing
of the aggregate national loss. It is time that
something should be done for the country—that,
separate and apart from personal or political con
siderations, the Treasury Department should be
placed in capable hands—in hands which the
whole country would approve, in order that shocks
to credit, ruinous interruptions to business, and
everlasting and fatal panics, may hereafter be
avoided, and that trade and commerce might glide
on smoothly and uninterruptedly. On this ac
count we should hail the appointment of Mr. Bid
dle as a public blessing, and preposterous as some
may consider it, we arc of opinion that it will
happen.
The alarm in our city increases nightly. The
incendiaries arc more audacious in theii wicked
attempts to lire the city, and yet no clue has been
discovered to lead to their apprehension. On
Monday night two attempts were made, in differ
ent parts of the city, which had nearly succeeded.
The first was in the rear of the Theatre, during
die time of performance. A fire was kindled in
an unoccupied tenement, and had made some
headway liefore it was discovered ; but it was
soon extinguished without the giving of alarm.
Later, the roof of the privies in the rear of the
City Hotel, were discovered lobe on fire. It was
put out before doing much damage. In both
these cases, a half hour more would have endan
gered a large amount of property, besides the peril
to human lives. The first was beyond question
incendiary; the second is not so clearly so,though
generally believed to be.
This condition of things is terrible, and must
rouse every citizen not only to alarm but to exer
tion. He cannot sleep quiet in his bed while this
fiendish villainy is walking abroad undetected.
He cannot look upon his family tit night without
a shudder at the possible scenes of the coming hor
rors of darkness—the dreadful warning of the
alarm bell, or perhaps the more awful sound of
the rushing flame, startling him from his feverish
' slumber. It is a time of general peril, and the
, common danger requires common and universal
action. Nightly patrols—large rewards—indi
' vidual watchfulness, and, above all, the rigid cxc
i cution of the law against suspected persons and
• vagrants, arc demanded by the common voice.—
Mobile Advertiser,
“ It is rumored that several changes will shortly
take place in the Cabinet at Washington. It is
1 said that Messrs. Forsyth and Woodbury will be
i sin' on foreign raissioits; that Mr. Poinsett will
. take t'le place of the former, and Mr. Kendall of
. the latter; that Mr. Grundy will be appointed
Postmaster General, and Mr. Stevenson, present
’ Minister to England, will take his place. We
! give the rumor as it was received by letter from
. Washington, without vouching for its accuracy,
which may be questioned.”— Unit. American.
r
j- MrniiF.ii.—We understand that the blood of
another human being hangs on the skirts ofNorth
Tuscaloosa. On Wednesday evening last, Al
, fred Ray, much intoxicated, entered the Store of
Green H. Strong, and used insulting and abusive
language towards him, whereupon Strong beat
[ him so severely that he died next day. Strong
j has been arrested and discharged. These are
briefly the facts as related to us. This is the
third murder in the State within less than two
[ weeks.— Tuscaloosa Intelligencer, 29 th ull.
The Legislature of Wisconsin have passed a
1 law allowing 12 per cent, interest for money, the
i parties mutually consenting. This is a virtual
’ repeal of the usury laws, or nearly so.
North Carolina Legislature.
The following diverting specimens of debate in
the North Carolina Legislature arc copied from
the Alexandria Gazette.
V On the introduction of Mr. Raynor’s Resolu
tions ot instructions in the House of Commons,
the question being on what day they should be
taken up and considered, the Whigs insisted that
they should be disposed of at an early day. One
or two votes having been taken on the more dis
tant days, in which the Fan party was in the rear,
several gentlemen complained of oppression.
Among others, Mr. Caldwell, from Mecklenburg,
and Dr. Wilcox, from Halifax, spoke upon the
subject, and asked what iffect the Resolutions
were expected to have ! One of the gentlemen
said that the done had been prepared for them in a
Caucus, and he supposed was to lie forced down
their throats no/enn volens. To this, Mr. Jones,
of Rowan, replied, that he was sorry to see the
gentlemen on the other side exhibit so much
nausea at the dose, which they said had been pre
pared for them. They forget how they served us,
sir, four years ago. They forget with what
promptness and energy they administered the dose
of instructions prepared in like manner by a Cau
cus. \ cs, sir, they, on that occasion, not only
made us swallow their physic in spite of “ la
mentations here and elsewhere,” but they forced
it down spoon and all. Hut, sir, we have happily
changed places. We are the doctors now, and
they arc the patients. We mean to give them
their own physic out of their own spoon. One
of the gentlemen said, that this dose had been
prepared for them in a caucus. Me is right, sir.
We have mixed up this potion with great care,
from the very best ingredients, according to the
most approved recipe, and I can tell them (hey
have to take it just as it has b'en prepared. We
mean to admit no dilutions nor adulterations; so
they may as well swallow it at once without mak
ing any more wry faces. I commend it to the
w gentlemen; no doubt it will be “ good for their
' wholesome.”
Doctok Wilcox.—l am very much obliged
to the gentleman from Rowan, for his merciful
consideration of our case. Hut I did not know
before that he was a physician.
Mn. Junks.—Mr. Speaker, I am no truck doc
tor : mine are political pills. They arc better
than Brandreth’s or Ueckwith’s, and just such as
I think our Senators and their partv in this House
stand in need of. I know it will go hard with the
gentleman from Halifax to take his share of this
medicine: but he must take it. But we arc asked
what effect we suppose this physic will have upon
our Senators ? 1 for one answer, Ido not know.
I am aware that our patients are a good deal con
stipated, and hard to move. Nor do I very much
care as to the effect it may have. In this particu
lar, I shall adopt the anagram which a London
wag stuck on the door of a certain Dr. Isaac Let
som, who used to sign himself “I. Letsom.”
“ When folks they' does get sick,
I physics, bleeds and sweats ’em i
If, after that, they choonc to die —
Why, verily,
I LETS ’EM.”
For my own part, I never believed in the magi
cal effect of instructions. I believe we have a
right to give our opinions upon all and every sub
ject of a general character. I believe, moreover,
that we have a right to make known these opin
ions to our Senators in Congress in any form we
may think respectful, whether as commands, re
quests, or simply ns our wishes.—To my under
standing, however, as we have no power to en
force our will, it is, at least, a mere request. But
I understand that our Senators hold a different
doctrine. They say that they are bound to obey
the will of the Legislature or resign. If they will
obey, sir, I, for one will rejoice. If, on the other
hand, their principles compel them to resign, it
will be their misfortune, not our fault. But it is a
misfortune over which I shall not weep. It is not
the legitimate effect of our physic to kill; but, if
the gentlemen
Choose to die,
Why, verily, / lets 'em.'
On another day, after three or four speeches had
been delivered against the resolutions, in which
a good deal had been said about the inconsistency
of the Whigs in giving instructions to iho Sena
tors in Congress, after having condemned the
doctrine:—
“ But, sir, we have heard a good deal said here
about deserting our principles.’ We have bceu
asked ‘Where are our principles? Where are
your consciences? Who arc they that dare call
us to account for doing this act ? Sir, they arc
the very men who have done this thing themselves,
and they hold that it is right. They have driven
one faithful ond able Senator from our service by
this means; and whether we be right or wrong
in our course we arc not answerable to them for
it. Mr. Speaker, I must illustrate our position on
this subject by relating an incident that occurred
in the Tory war of the Revolution. You have
heard of the celebrated John Cleaveland. North
Carolina has never done justice to that man’s fame.
My friend from Lincoln, Mr. Hoke, (Van Buren
man tho’ ho he,) in proposing to name his coun
try after this neglected patriot, has shown an ele
vated and a proper spirit. Cleaveland was a
Whig: agcnuinc, bold and thoroughgoing Whig.
I wish I may ever be able to say as much for his
namesake, the gentleman’s new county. He was
one of those gallant spirits that first turned back
the tide of British domination by the battle of
King’s mountain. He had an impediment in his
speech, and, like all stutterers that ever I have
known, he was hasty in temper and violent—
‘ Impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, accr.’
If I may he permitted to quote a free translation,
Sir, I think it will as as well bespeak our Hero as
the original (Leave, leave, having resounded
through the Hall) I will give you, then, the ren
dition of that Scottish worthy, Cosmo Comyne
Brudwardinc.
‘ A fiery etter-cap, a fractious duel;
As hot as ginger, and as stievc as steel.’
Cleaveland lived in a tory neighborhood, and
while he was out campaigning those desperadoes
used to depredate upon him greatly. They would
steal his horses drive off his cattle, and burn his
fences and outhouses. A party of them headed
by a leader, one Bill Harrison, went so far as to
put his overseer to death for endeavoring to pro
tect his employer’s property. The manner oflhis
crime was somewhat peculiar. They took their
victim to a steep hill side, and placing him on a
log, fastened one end of a grape vine around his
neck, and the other over the prong of a stooping
dog wood. When they had thus arranged it,
one of the party went up the hill, and rushing
head foremost against their captive, hurried him
off into eternity. John Doss was the name of
the sufferer.—Now, John Cleaveland, was not the
man to put up with all these injuries, and the day
of r"trihi tion was near at hand. Harrison, the
ringleader in all these outrages, shortly afterwards
fell into Clcaveland’s hands. He was an inge
nious mechanic ; whom Cleaveland had often
employed in more peaceful days, and had done
him many favors; and the remembrance of these
tilings was by no moans calculated to mitigate the
offender's doom. Accompanied by his favorite
servant Bill, and one other individual, without
speaking a word, Cleavcland carried his prisoner
to the same dog wood on which he had hanged
poor Doss. Here was dangling the very grape
vine, which had been used on the former occa
sion. Without more to do, he placed the noose
over the other’s neck and placed him on the log.
‘ ' °u will not hang me Colonel,' at length faintly
observed the trembling wretch.—• Can you give
me any icason why I should not doit’ said the
other. ‘ You know 1 am a useful man in this
neighborhood!' said Harrison,‘and cannot well
be spared. I have moreover, discovered the se
cret of perpetual motion, and if I am put to death,
the world will lose the benefit of my discovery.
Besides tins, 1 have heard you curse Bryant mid
Fanning for putting prisoners to death. Where
are your principles. Where is your conscience,
that you are about to execute vengeance on me,
your former friend and neighbor 1’ ‘ Where is
my conscience? Where arc my horses and cattle
—where arc my fences and barn—and where is
poor Jack Doss ? Fore God 1 will do this deed,
and justify myself to God and my country !
Bun up the hill and but him off'the log Bill, I’ll
show hint perpetual motion !”
So, sir, will wedcal with that party which have
brought havoc, and ruin upon our country. They
have destroyed our currency—they have squan
dered our public land—they have persecuted and
driven out talented and conscientious wings by
i laying snares for their consciences. They have
put in the base and needy to pillage the public.
, money. They have maried and disfigured the
! faithful record of the Senate. In a word, sir, they
have put a torch to the temple of liberty, and us
i old Cleavcland said—Fore God we will do this
i deed and justify ourselves to God and our coun
try ; we will hang them on their own dogwood,
• we will give them a small specimen of perpetual
■ mol ion.
(It may be proper to add that Mr. Jones, the
I author of the above really good things, is the cd
l itor of the Carolina Watchman, and also the au
' thor of “Cousin Sally Dilliard,” over which doubt
less, all of our readers, more than once, havelaugh
' e d heartily.]
| Old Aon.—Deacon John Whitman of East
( Bridgewater, in this state, has completed his one
hundred and fourth year. —Huston Mer. Journal.
Erskine gave a very lively illustration of the
text, “Union is strength,” when he said of a place
where ho had slept very ill, that if the fleas had
been unanimous they would have lifted him out
of bed.
The executions in Canada arc by no means ap
proved of in England. The opinion in that coun
try is that Canada cannot be retained for many
years longer, and they arc averse to sanguinary
punishments for rebellion. Tom Paine once
made this remark: “England will go to war with
the United States, at some time, to get rid of the
Canadas.”—JV. V. filar.
1 Col. Prince, of the British army in Canada,
" the miscreant who ordered the prisoners to be shot
’ down in cold blood immediately after they were
taken, has been acquitted by the Court Martial,
c and the Lieut. Governor has approved the doings
" of the Court. He should have been “gibbeted
' to eternal infamy.”
t
( - John .Smith.
Never was a poor mortal so hunted down by the
I hlund hounds of the press as the personage whose
name bonds tins article. If the newspapers of tins
country, yea and all Europe, are to ho believed,
there never was a more consummate villian I trim he
t is,or has been. There is nothing too base that he
will not do Ho has been charged wih inmmie
f raable murders, robberies, and a ihotisand other
crimes ; by ibis lime, he must be perloclly acquainted
wilh all the lawyers, judges, juries, ami persons in
the Union. At lea-t such is the character given
bun by our editorial brethren. Wo cannot believe
he is quite so bad ns be has been represented to be,
| inasmuch ns lie has been charged with the perpe
[ laiion oi numerous offences m various sections ol
coi ntry, at the same time; all ol which it appeared
to us, it would be utlerly imposible lor him to do—
' and hence, wo are led lo conclude that whole press
I has conspired against him, to injure bis reputation,
and in many ins ances to do him personal injury,
, when be is in no wise deserving ol it His cbarac
ter, wiibin a few weeks past, in dm papers, has
however, undergone an enure change, and be was
acquirng a very respectable name it was said that
becoming disgusted wilh the Christian religion, (no
doubt in consequence of bad reputation be had so
, long borne, among Christians.) he had gone to the
east, and turned Mulwmedan. \\ n next find hts
name aim aim ed in the Philadelphia papers, ns a
candidate tor the office of Constable, and a large
' meeting of bis friends called to adopt mi asures cal
culated to secure Ins election As we have a belter
i opinion of Ibe people ol the city ol“ brotherly love "
I than lo believe they would alii mpt lo place him in
. so high and respectable an office, unless a very
, great reformation in his former vicious habi s had
taken place, wo took it f-r grant*d that such was
' the fact. But before the election had been held, we
1 learn the poor fellow bus at li st got rid of Ibis
troublesome world, hiving accidently fell between
the ship Orot.o o and tow-boat Pacific, at New
Orleans, on the evening of the IHt. ult Wc ate
happy to say that the last assertion in not correct,
but we are compelled lo add that he has again (alien
into hud habits, having no longer ago than last
Wednesday, been nirested in Ibis cif, charged
with attempting to pick the pockets ol several g- n
■ tlemen, who happened to he in Ins way. lie was
taken before Thomas M. Dowell, Esq , and on the
oath of one of our citizens, whose pocket it is said,
he bad among o b-ra attached, wa< comrai te.l to
prisoto await his trial before the next City Court —
Ihlmmre Gazette.
MARRIED,
In Warrcnton, on Thursday evening, the 4th
instant,by tbc Rev. Patrick N. Maddux, HubertM.
Gunby, Esq., of Columbia county, to Aliss Jane
Louisa Beall, of the former place.
Consignees per Mouth Carolina Kail Komi.
Hamburo, April 6, 1839.
Reese & Bet'll, R. C. Baldwin, T. Richards, A.
Gardclle, W. Sc J. J. Nelson, D’Antignac Sc Hill, T.
i Dawson, Stovall, Simmons Sc Co., W. Ilattier, C.
Jiolfman, T. Kernagban, Perrett Sc Young, If. L.
Jeffers, Geo. Parrott, J. F. Benson.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Savannah, April 6.
Cleared. — Br. ship Fairfield, Slack Liverpool;
brig Eleanor, Jones, Baltimore.
Arrived yesterday —Brig Havre,Carpenter, Bos
ton ; brig Amazon, Tucker, New York ; steamboat
Duncan Mcßea, Colvin, Augusta ; steamboat Chat
ham, Wray, Augusta.
Charleston, April 6,1839.
I Arrived yesterday. —Ships C licora, Halsey, Lon
don ; Harriet Sc Jessie, Rogers, Havre ; line ship
! Congaree, Boston; Hr barque Atwick, M’Kay,
Hamilton, (Bermuda); sebrs Celeiity, McDermot,
New-Orleans ; Friends, Wallace, New-S ork.
1 Cleared. —Danish brig Proven, Axelsen. Copcn
' hagen ; schrs.Good Intent, Girdler, Boston.
I I Cent to sea yesterday. —Ur brig Matthew Dell,
Hunter, Liverpool i brig Hunter, Bonnoy, Matan- \
. I »as; U L brig Star, HuM,Ncw-Vork. \>
COMMERCIAL.
New York, April 3.
Cotton —The transactions in the article since our
last have been very nearly suspended, as there is
but trifling quantity ofleringat the declineof 1 a 1$
cents per Ih. to which in some instances subsequent
to the last accounts it extended, and at which re
duction only, there is shown any disposition to con
tinue operations on the part of shippers! under
these circumstances, there is therefore apparently
a mutual understanding to postpone farther trans
actions, until the receipt of later intelligence from
Kurope. In the meantime shipments lo a consider
able extent continue to be made, from first hands.
The sales have been too unimportant to particular
ize, amounting only to about 500 bales of all de
scriptions, ranging from 13 to 1(1. though including
also a little ot very line quality at about iScents.
The arrivals have been—from South America I,
Mississippi 849, mobile 1177, Florida 194l,fleorgi»
1147, North Carolina 140, Huston 15—T0ta15,263.
Total import,from Ist to 31st March, 69,314
Kxport from Ist to 31st March ,
bales 26,697
Kxport from the U. States, since
Ist October last, 470,530
Same time last year, 812,507
Same time year before, 636,616
Charleston, April 6.
Cotton. —The apprehension which was entertain
ed by many during the week of a speedy reduction
on the previous ruling rates of Uplands, has not 1 ecn
realized i the nt>ws from Kurope although it does
not indicate an upward tendency, still represents a
linn market and general improvement in the Colton
trade. A considerable desire existed among opera
tors to cut down prices, and many attempts were
made fur that purpose, but without effect, holders
arc still', and firm in maintaining their ground.
Enquirers were mostly directed to the middling
qualities, and the principal transactions embraced
that description i the prices nevertheless were too
high for many, and they withdrew from the market
which has caused a very dull week, the sales being
much Isss than the previous report. The bulk of
stock in store is in second hands, but a fair amount
v as still offered, when the market closed—2Bs7
bags were disposed of at from 13} to 17 cents
per pound. Kittle altcation can be perceived
in Long Cotl< ns as regards prices, fine qualities
were in much request in the early part of the
week, but subsequently the demand fell oil', and
the market became Hat. We give 337 bags
as the result of a weeks transaction, 38 at 35 to 45;
4,50; 24, 64; 12, 67; 60, 60; 52, 61 to 63; 41, 55 to
70c . and 83 stained, at 1 to 25cts.
Rice —A total inactivity prevailed throughout the
greater part of the week for Rice of all descrip
tions; operations bci ig confined mostly to actual
wants. We would remark however, that there is
no falling oli'in prices, on the contrary, holders are
not disposed to yield, but anticipate a renewed ac
tivity and improved rates. The sales were 1024
tierces at from s4s to $4l) perewt.
Flour —Several sales, mostly at retail have been
effected, for good quality Flour, but to an inconside
rable extent, at prices within our quotations.
Groceries —This has been quite a dull week for
all kinds of business, and Grocers have suffered
among the rest.
Hay. —Several hundred bushels Northern Hay
sold to arrive, has been landed this week, and
brought sls perewt.
Sa/f. —900 sacks Liverpool were sold at $1 62J
cts per sack
Bacon. —lso hhdf Cincinnati assorted, sold as
follows : sides brought K)s cts, shoulders B}, and
hams llj cts l )Cr lb.
Lard. —soo kegs from same source sold for 11$
cts per lb.
Freights. —To Liverpool, Jd a §d per lb, to Ha
vre ; 1$ cts for square, and 1$ c for round bale*.—
To New York, 75 c for square, and $1 round bales
Statement of Cotton.
Sea Island. Upland.
Stock on hand Ist October, 1838, 924 2219
Received this week, 103 5156
Previously, 8445 147953
9472 155328
Exported this week, 156 6875
Previously, 3719 110739
On shipboard, not cleared, 840 6154
4215 122768
Stock on hand. 5255 32560
Mobile, April 3.
Cotton —Arrived this week 7845 bales, and ex
ported in the same period 10,943 bales,as follows:
Liverpool, 4414 bales.
Havre, 470 “
Ncw-Vork, 4480 “
Roston, 1355 “
Portland, (Me.) 185 “
With 4447 bales at sundry times, to 30th ult. not
heretofore taken into account, making the total re
duction from supply this week 15,390 bales, and
leaving now on hand and on ship-board, not clear
ed 64,013 bales stock, against 89,917 lastyear. We
have to report a better business during the past
week, than in the preceding; sales are supposed by
the brokers to be about 9000 bales, and at prices
showing an advance on our last, of $ to $ cent on
ordinary fogood fair; good and line maintain former
rates. Sellers continued up to yesterday, quite
linn, sanguinely looking for an advance in foreign
markets. The stock is rapidly diminishing, arri
vals falling far short of sales. About 1000 bales
were destroyed by the fire of the 31st ult.
In accordance with all the regular transactioi s
of the week, we annex our quotations—for
Liuerpool Classifications —Good and Fine 17 a
171, Good Fair 16$, Fair 16 a—, Middling 15$ a
15j, Ordinary 15$.
Savannah, April 5.
Cotton —Arrived since the 22th ult. 5189 bales
Upland and 28 bales 8. I. Cotton, and cleared at the
same time, 5431 bales Upland and 184 bales 8,1.
Cotton; leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of all on
ship board not cleared on the .sth inst. of 24796
bales Upland and 1718 bales Sea Island.
There has been only a moderate enquiry for Up
land since our last report and the recent intelli
gence from foreign markets being less flattering
than anticipated, holders yesterday on the sales
they effected and which comprised one third of the
business of the week, conceded $ ct; the total sale*
amount to 3148 ba es, at from 14 to 16$ cents per
lb. For Sea Island the demand has been general,
and the sales reach the large quantity of 530 bales,
at from 31 to 47 cts; and 51 bales Stained at 10 a
19.
Statement of Cotton.
Upl’ds. 8.1-
Stock on hand, Ist Oct. 3164 35
Received this week 5189 23
do previously 155868 3708
164221 3771
Exported this week, 5431 184
do previously, 133994 1269 139425 2035
Stock on hand, including all on
ship board not cleared, April 5,
1839, 24796 171$
/lice —The transactions fur the past week ha*
been quite mod rale, wi>h a limit' d demand. Tb*
principal sales have been Irom s4s a 44, with a very
light stock.
Flour —The market continues dull, and sales are
only made to supply immediate wants
Bacon — Tho business of the week has been con
fined to the retail bustnesa ; Hams 121 a 13 cts.
Baltimore April 2.
Flour.— Sales of Howard sireet Flour from store*
have be en made at 87.121 a $7 25— principally at the
medium rale of $7,181. The wagon anil rail road
price erntinues uniform at 87
A sale of City Mill* Flour at (7.25, full. Sales
ufKusruehanna Fleur at 97.25—market firm. Sale*
1 of I*4 Rye at (5.50 a (5-75