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I WILLIAM E. JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 11 1839 .. ~ - ■ VOL 111. — No. 49. THE C'HHO.MCLE AND SESTIXEL 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 the end of year. CMIIONICLK AND SKNTINRL. P AUdUSTA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 10. The communication of 11 Homer” in tliis morn ing’s paper is from the pen of one of our most practical financiers in the city, and the suggestion which he makes, for the purpose of giving relief to our citizen , is to us new, and we think most I excellent. The steam ship Great Western lett Bristol on (’i -MJ of March, which was her regular day of ■ udng, and was expected to arrive at New \ ork on Sunday last. She will sail from New York, 1 on her return, on the 20th instant. Reduction Convention. Burke —Berrien, Lawson, Harris, Marsh. Bulloch —Denmark, Cone. Bulls —Daily, Stark, Lindsay. Cuss —Terhune, Mays, and Pitts. Coweta —Long, U. Sims, sen., Echols, Dell. Carroll— Beal, Chandler, Springer. DeKalb —Ballengcr, Diamond, Murphcy, and Palmer. Early —Wilson, Patterson, Speight. Elbert —Allen, White, Heard, Oliver. Franklin. —Freeman, R. Mitchell, W, M. Harris —Crawford, Redding, Cato, Jones. Mitchell, and Patrick. Habersham. —Watford, Cleveland, Carter, and Barkley. Jasper —Burney, Jordan, Wright, Shropshire Lincoln. —Stokes, Parks, and Uerkly. Meriwether —Render, Scnlell, Fletcher, Per due. Madison —Groves, Strickland, Harris. Mclntosh —Jas. Troup, LeFiles, Hopkins. Oglethorpe —Hardeman, Sims, Taylor, Jr.’ Thomas. Paulding —Walthall, Brison, Hubbard. Pike —Adams, Martin, Neal, Pope. Randolph —Conyers, McLendon, Brook. Rabun. —Langston and Coffee. Scriven —Perry, Hamplney, W „do. Stewart —Boyenton, Gardner, Wood, and Gresham. Troup —Dougherty, Haralson, Fears, Beasley, Phillips. Telfair— McCall, Mooney. Union. Chastain and Butt. Walton. —Echols, Gresham, Mitchell, and Moss. For the Chronicle d' Sentinel. The Money Market. The present state of money affairs in this city ) is the all engrossing topic of conversation and interest. Our Banks have been severely censured: whether Justly or not, to —>• present intention to intimate an opinion. That our community is much alarmed at the withholding of all facilities usually granted by our Banks, is not to be won dered at: itiJvnd the symptoms of trouble and dis tress, alre*dy begin to be manifest. The best pa _nr .t short time cannot he discounted. Nose” Uvl j t ..rilies will command money. It is quite evident, that if this state of tilings continues long, the / injury that Augusta will sustain will be almost ' incalculable. Embarrassments, failures, depro . cialion of all stocks, real estate, &c., and finally B the best portion of the trade we now possess, transferred to the city of Charleston; these are,' the inevitable results. The loss and ruin, will be general: felt by all! and by none more severely than the Banks and owners of real estate. The now to be considered, is not who is to blame I this Bank, or that Bank, or all the Banks; Loco Focos or Whigs. But relief:— Relief ere it is 'oo late. Many of our worthy, industrious and esteemed citizens, shop kcepers > mechanics, &c., who are perfectly responsible, are in actual danger of suffering protest, and th c consequent loss of credit, when the trilling loan of one or two thousand dollars, would make them comfortable, give them time to collect, curtail oad arrange their affairs so as to pass through the or unscathed, and save their credit and -property from sacrifice. On looking casually «.or the reports of our Banks on the Ist inst. it n ■ irs quite evident to me, they cannot with pru, d„a or safety increase their line of discounts, hv .he issue of their own notes: that our Banks ,i in a sound condition, there is not a particle op ooubt. The Banks of Augusta may challenge a comparison with the Banks of any city in the Union, as regards thcir,available cash means to re i. d 1 i promptly, all their liabilities. But the mi. ' settled and unusual state of our paper curren cy, and the singular state of exchanges, forbids such issue. The miserable and selfish policy of '■*" rigorous specie settlements of weekly balances now practised by our Banks must be abandoned : It effectually prevents them from issuing their own notes! What Bank can discount at 7pr cb per annum, and pay out her own notes, which must be redeemed on the following Monday with •pecie, or its equivalent, at an actual cost of 1 A to 2 per contl This system of redeeming balances weekly, not only directly prevents thc Banks from issuing their own notes, hut induces them to hold up and collect the notes of each other! Thus the whole strength of thc Banks is exer ed ill curtailing the circulation of each oilier. It is not surprising their circulation is so small. This gross error must he rectified: instead of settling weekly balances at a profit to the creditor Dank let them be settled at, say six per cent interest.—> Let this plan he agreed upon by all the banks, and then rely upon it, the banks will soon be able to discount again. Let them do away with thi sul fish policy of making money out of each other by weekly balances, and you may rest assured, llnq instead ot collecting and holding up cacn others notes, they will all be very glad to discount good paper anti pay them out. Had the plan of settling weekly balances at (i per cent interest, been adopted lust October, and strictly adhered to, the situation of money matters in Augusta, at this moment, would be comfortable. The adoption of this plan at this season of the year, under existing circumstances, while the circulation of our Dank s is tending home, and exchange on the north so much against us, will not afford immediate and sufficient relief, but will tend much to mitigate the pressure, and would eventually bring things right again. As yet no plan of relief appears to have been adopted, although a meeting of the chi' zens was convened, a Committee appointed to correspond with the Danks, &c., yet nothing has been done. Without very mature considera tion ot the subject I venture to suggest a scheme of relief; which, though it may not be approved 01, may be the means of railing the attention ot some of our able financiers (if any there be among us) to the subject; and eliciting such action and concert among our banks as may bring about a more prosperous state of money affairs than exists at present. Although our Dunks are in a sound condition, yet, Augusta being the centre point for furnishing exchange on the north, it will not answer for them, under existing circumstances, to issue their own notes to any extent, for the purpose of discounting local paper. This canno 1 be done until the next fall, when the tide of cir culation will set from the city to the country in payment of the next crop of cotton. In the mean time our citizens must suffer unless relief comes in some shape. Confidence in the soundness and ability of our Danks is unimpaired and undoubted I suggest, therefore, that each Dank issue checks of the denomination of fifty and one hundred dollars to the extent of, say ten per cent on the amount of their respective capitals, made payable in New York, in January next. These checks to be received on deposite and in payment of al] debts due the Danks, at par. The same to be re ceived at par by the Danks issuing them in all ordinary business transactions and from all the interior Danks in 5ememe,,,.,.... „ lections —and in weekly settlements, interest to be allowed at six per cent if required. This plan would enable our Danks to discount £350,000 to $lOO,OOO dollars ; it would afford immediate and effectual relief to our suffering community ! |t would give us a safe domestic or home currency (in lieu of Hawkinsvillc Dank notes, which now constitutes half of the city circulation and is sus tained, as is well understood by the virtual cn. dorsement of the Danks of this city,) a currency which cannot depreciate below the rate of what is now termed “ current notes,” but as it progresses to maturity will advance in value, according to the rate of New York Exchange. Our Danks would receive interest on these checks, Sixty day bills purchased in October and November next —drawn on the next cotton crop, will place funds in New York to meet them. Our own Banks and our citizens would thus be relieved and benefitted, and the calamities which now threaten us, averted.— Dy this scheme, all that is required of the Danks is that they use their credit! Will they refuse it 1 If the plan docs not meet their views, let them so amend and improve it that the desired object may be accomplished. Ho.it ku. v ami West Point Railroad* - Wo take great pleasure in being able to state to our readers that the accomplishment of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad, is now placed beyond a doubt. We are informed that the annual report of the company will soon be ready for publication, which we shall lay before our readers; in the mean time, we make the fol lowing compendium from their report : At a meeting held on the 11th ult. the follow ing gentlemen were elected directors for the ensu ing year: Charles T. Pollard, Abner M’Gchee, Denajuh 8. Bibb, Jesse P. Taylor, Thomas M. Cowles, Elbert A. Holt, Win. Taylor, Win. D. 8. Gilmer, N. E. Denson, James E. Scott, Eewis Owen, John Gindrat, J. Wyman. At a subsequent meeting of the board, C. T. Pollard was unanimously re-elected President of the company. Dy an exhibit made to the board, it appears that there is now, fifty-five miles of the road gra duated, and twenty five miles of superstructure laid down on the end of the road nearest Mont gomery. One locomotive with all the neces sary appendages, train of cars, &c. has al ready been shipped from Ncw-Jcrscy, and is on the way ; another will be completed and shipped by the first of May next. Twenty five miles or more of the road will be in complete operation by the first of October next. The com pany have thought it best to delay transportation on the road until this time, that the portion which they shall then open for use, may not be inferior to that of any other in the southern States. We have been shown a letter from the super intendent of the Georgia railroad, by which it appears that that company have submitted a pro position to carry the mail from Augusta to Mont gomery in 51 hours, and in about two weeks a daily line will be started from Grecnshore in Geor gia for the purpose. There is no doubt, therefore; but lhat the Montgomery and West Point Rail road will have a participation in the contract, and be enabled to undertake it early in the ensuing fall. 'Phis will indeed greatly add to the travel ling and mail facilities between this and the north and east. The exhibit of the company further shows, that they have already expended on work and ma - rials $432,000. For a furtherance of the project, the company i t about to negotiate a loan upon the pledge of s I lie road anil the real estate of each of the hull s vidual stockholders, in proportion to the amount r stock, i his they will no doubt he enabled to do. and there will then be no longer any olrstruc , lion to the llnal and complete accomplishment of I this great, useful and noble enterprise. — [Alabama , * A i From the Richmond Whig. The Never Tailing Argument. To the charge recently made by Mr, Graves, member of Congress from Ky., that the Post Mas ter General kept in office “a wretch who was guil ty ot forgery and counterfeiting, and who escaped the fangs of the law only by turning states’ evi dence, and that these facts were known to the Post Master General.” Mr. Kendall replies, de nying the charge, and apologizes for the ignoranac oi the character ol his subordinate, because that, “In December ISdti, the files of the appointment Office were destroyed by the lire which consumed the Post Office building. On those files were probably papers then recently received, giving the character of Smith, and their destruction saved him from removal at the lime.” This argument of the conflagration stands the parly in good stead in all its straits ams difficul ties. It accounts cannot be balanced, if money is missing, il this or that officer is suspected of criminal remissness or malversation in office, the ready response is the Finn! the Fikk! This everlasting argument ol the fire reminds us of the memorable expedient ol honest Caleb Dalderslonc in burning Moll’s Crag to preserve the credit of the family of Kavenswood. We copy the ac count of the circumstance to which we allude, that the reader may see how precisely parallel the cases are: “Now this fire, said Caleb, for fire it ahull be, it I suld burn the auld stable to make it muir feasi ble—this lire, besides that it will be an excuse for asking ony thing we went through the country— this lire will settle money things on an honorable footing for the family's credit, that cost iner telling twenty lees to a wheen idle chaps and what s waur, without gaining credence.” “That was hard indeed, Caleb, Kavens wood) but I do not see how this lire should help your veracity or your credit.” “ There it is now, said Caleb, wasna I saying that young folk had a green judgment 1 How sold it help me, quotha ! it will be a creditable apology for the honor of the family for this score of years to come, if it is weel guided. Where’s the family picture’s says a meddling body—the great fire at Wolf's crag answers I. Where’s (he family plate 1 says another—the great fire says I : who was to think of plate when life ami limb were in danger 1 Where’s the wardrobe and the lin ens 1 Where’s the tapestries decorments 1 beds ot state, twills, ponds and testors, drapery and broidered wark 1 The lire—llic lire—the lire 7 Guide the lire weel, and il sarve ye for a’ that ye suld have and have not—and in some sort a good excuse is better than the things themselves; for they maun crack and wear out and be consumed by time, whereas a gude offcome pnulcnllo and creditably handled, mav serve, Lord kens how long!” V erily, Mr. Amos Kendall and Mr Levi Wood bury have studied to some profit the life and char- Crag. " “ ■ ■ .. \xr,,ip„ From the Norfolk Herald of the\th, Tire and Loss of' Life S Last night between 10 and 11 o’clock, afire broke out in the Bast end of the new double brick tenement on High street, Portsmouth, which des troyed the entire building. It originated on the lower floor, occupied as a book store, by Mr. Jo seph Anderson and on which also was the Post Office—from neither of which was any thing considerable saved. In the second story was the Printing Office of the Portsmouth Times, which we sincerely regret to state, fell an entire prey to the devouring flames, —not an atom having been saved. The third story was occupied by the Odd Fellows as their Lodge, and all therein was total ly lost. In the West end of the building was the tin manufactory of Mr. Wm. D. Roberts, who suc ceeded in saving bis entire stock, &c.—the upper floors were unoccupied. The East end was own ed by Mr. John Cocke and insured—the West end by John W. Murdaugh, Esq., and not insu red. Mr. Anderson’s bookstore was partially in sured. Mr. Hill, the worthy and estimable Edi tor of the Times has sustained a total loss—no insurance. But the most grievous part of the narrative re mains to be told—Adjoining the conflagrated building on the East, was a large frame house, occupied by Mr. Thomas J. Godwin as a Cabi ,.net Manufactory and Warehouse, from which •(Btarly all the furniture had been removed, when the gable end and chimneys of the brick house fell upon it, breaking through the roof and upper floor. Mr. Godwin and several others were in the house at the time, and we are pained to state that Mr. G. perished under the mass of rubbish, mid Mr. Nichols and Mr. Brooks were both badly, though not dangerously hurt. The death of Mr. Godwin is a loss to the community, and is deep ly deplored by his fellow-citizens. Trom New Brunswick. The Legislature ofNew Brunswick was pro rogued on the ‘23d ult. Before their adjourn ment they agreed to an address to the Queen, in which they invite her special attention to the long disputed and important question of the “North Eastern boundary of the United States,” which they represent as involving the future union, welfare, and prosperity of her Majesty's North American possessions. They call her at tention to the intelligence which will be commu nicated by her representative in the province, of the invasion of the province by an armed force from llie state of Maine; and also to the value of the territory in question to the American colonies in general, and to New Brunswick in particular; and they express an entire, confidence in the de termination of her government, to preserve the in tegrity of the North American possessions in the settlement of this question. They tender to the Queen thcr lives and property, in aid of the main- / tenance of her rights, and for repelling the inva der from their soil. Hanks in Ohio. The Legislature of Ohio have appointed Messrs. Hatch, Hubbard and Moneypenny as a Board of Bank Commissioners with authority to visit and examine, from time to time, the condition of the banks in the Stale, and in case they shall find that the banks have violated their charters, to sue out writs of mandamus against them. By the new law, the banks are required to keep specie on baud at all times equal to one third of their circulation, and the directors arc hold personally responsible for any violation of this rule. In case of suspension of specie pay- j men Is by a bank, the cashier or chief clerk is re- j | quited to endorse its telusal on every bill which I shall be presented for payment, and tke bank will } ' | thereafter he hound to pay the same with interest \ "■- v " - - - at 12 percent, per annum, until redeemed in gold and silver. In case of a refusal to pay in specie fora longer period than thirty days, a writ ot mandamus is required to he issued, and the hank closed.— N, Y, Com. Adv, / Death ok Hezrkiaii Milks. —Wear cull ed to the painful duty, to-day, of announcing the death of Hcitekiah Miles, late of this city, and the founder, and lor a quarter of a century the editor and publisher, of the well known weekly Regis ter. Greatly impaired health, the result, most probably, of long continued and undue tasking of the bodily and mental powers, in the conduct of that useful and valuable record of passing events, induced Mr. Miles, some two or three years since to relinquish the publication of the Register and to s.’ck repose in Wilmington, Delaware, where, among scenes endeared to Irini by the recollec tions and assoi iatioas ol early life, he might close in quiet the evening of his days. It was here, that after a long illness, his death took place, at an early hour yesterday morning. As conductor for so long a period of the Weekly Register, Mr. Niles earned for himself a high reputation for sound practical opinions economy, as well ns for the ease and SfflTly vvitli which he propagated those opinions, and exerted, without question, a very powerful influence upon the course of events, ns fashioned by his fellow men. A co-lahorator for years with the venerable Cary, he was the able and indefatigable friend of Home industry, and the efficient advocate of those mea sures of national policy, which became embodied and identified as the American system. His ex ertions in this great department of Inline industry, have laid obligations upon his age and country, that may bo freely acknowledged, and will long cause his memory to live and flourish in the re gards of iris fellow countrymen. After a life of three score and ten, many of the best years of which had been devoted with a perseverance rarely equalled, to the cause and the interests of national industry, this venerable working man, and fast friend of working men, has at length gone to his repose; and lie finds his lust resting place near the homo of his childhood. There is something touching to the heart, in the termina tion, in this wise, of a long and eventful and use ful career.— Haiti more Patriot, 3d ins/. Tin; Ekkkct Aiiikiaii.—Mr. Walsh, in a re cent letter from Paris, alludes to the trouble in Harrisburg, and mentions the following in refer ence to its etlects abroad : “It is only ten days ago that I recommended to two English clergymen, trustees of a sum of thirty-two thousand pout.d»sterling, Pennsylvania Government stocks us an eligible investment, up on the ground of her political stability—of the higher securities in this respect which her social and political order, her spirit and interests, and her general internal condition and habits, seemed to constitute. Yesterday, I found that the trus tees were alarmed and deterred by the Governor's Proclamation, culling out the militia, and the nar rative of the riots at Harrisburg, as furnished in the papers which tire packet ship Albany brought to Havre. I could devise no explanations, or ex cuses, which they could understand. It is pro bable that the money will never cross the Atlan tic.” “Here, me iinmvoiume mctcial crisis arc not entirely spent. Distrust re vives at every signal instance of mob-lew or ordi nary omen of political convulsion in our country. Such delinquency as that of Swartwoul and Price, though not without parallel on both sides of the channel, aggravates considc ably the general dis esteem which the majority of the upper and mid dle European classes are too willing to entertain for the people of the United States.” Maine akf.utih. —A letter in the Bostcn Cou rier dated Bangor, March 27th, gives a solution of the present state of affairs on the Frontier in these terms: The knowing ones at Augusta, have probably received intimations from Washington, t that Maine must submit to a conventional hue. Tim. the general government will sustain her only on these conditions. That the dispute is too trifling to in volve the two nations in war, and that Maine must consent to receive an ample consideration for this portion of her territory. Mis 11— A practical Yankee Satire.— The Nantucket Inquirer tells the following char acteristic, anecdote concerning the once famous yankce singing-school master Billings, whose mu sic bid fair at one time of being indissolubly mar ried to Dr. Watt’s verse— While Billings’ compositions were in (lie ze nith of their popularity, certain publishers acquired no small income frem their sale. One of these, at his shop in Boston, projected a signboard into the street, bearing on cither side the simple in scriptions, “Billings’ music.” A wag, of the old er school, having no taste for the fugitive and rambling innovations of the day, in whiah he af fected to hear nothing hut discord and jargon, de termined on inflicting a practical satire upon the prevailing mania ; and selected the luckless music seller’s signboard as the bearer of his indignant juke. He accordingly provided himself with a couple of stout specimens of the feline race, and and with a yard of strong codline tied them to gether hy the vertebral terminations, vu/go tails. Thus accoutred, lie proceeded at midnight to the scene of action, and threw his burthens across the o(Tending protrusion, in such a manner that the teeth, whiskers,, and claws, of the two cals cane in contact just below thesign, while their inverted nether extremes were held inextricably hy the string above. As may ho imagined, a most de lectable duct was (he consequence, comprising all sorts of variations, mewing ajfcllunm, biting agi tato, spitting ulaccatto, and scratching pizzicattu —which continued until sunrise, when the pas sers-hy were greeted with this mischievous illus tration of the words upuu the signboard—hut the owner soou stepped forth attd removed botli text and commentary. Claim op Property.— lt will p^dN, r ably be new to many—it was to us yesterday morning—that a poor journeyman printer, named Smith Harpending, now a resident of Tennessee, but formerly of this city, where he is well known, has instituted in the 11. S. Circuit Court of ibis District a claim loan immense estate in this city. His action is brought against “the ministers, el ders and deacons of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the city of New York, and Olli ers;” and the estimated value of the property he claims is about twenty-five millions of dollars. He makes his claims as heir at law, in a direct line, to a tract comprising about sixteen acres, bounded by Broadway, Maiden Lane, Fulton Nassau and John-streets. The documents comprising his bill, of which a copy has been sent us, are very vo luminous, too much so for perusal; and we ran offer no further evidence of the support they give his claim than we ourselves draw from the known character of his eminent counsel, Messrs, Graham, V Hoffman and Sandford. — N. Y. Sun, J V, y ' 8 TRAM boat and Lii i« Lost. —The steamboat uthollo from Cincinnati, bound to the Wabash, feceftfly came in contact with the Peru, a few miles below the falls, and was instantly sunk. It is staled that the Othello was cut in two by the concussion, and when last seen, the hull was up on one side of the river, and the cabin upon the oilier. It is reported that several passengers were lost, some persons say two, others say live. The boat and cargo, are totally lost. There was an insurance of $23,000, at different offices in Cin cinnati. I 1 iiik in ( Linton. —The Feliciana Whig of 'he 27th nil. mentions the burning of the court house in Clinton. Captain Robbins late sheriff, has suffered the loss ot his books accounts, &c.. to the amount of Bor 10,000 dollars. The fire is stated to have been the work of an incendiary. I. xtitaonin n a it v Siikkt of P\rmt.— I There was sent from the paper manufactory belonging to Messrs. A. Cowan and Hons, at Collinton, last week, a single sheet of paper, weighing 553 pounds, and upwards of a mile and a half in length—the breadth was only 60 inches. Were a ream of paper composed of similar sheets made, it would weigh 260,500 pounds, or upwards of 120 tons, — Edinburg paper. It appears from the report of the Hoard of pub lic works for Illinois, that the internal improve ment system in that Stale embraces 1342 miles of railroad, estimated to cost £l 1,01)0,000, The ca nal from the Illinois river to Lake Michigan will cost several millions, and it has been in rapid pro gress for some time. St'censsFUi. Expeui m t.vr.—The London pa pers of February 18 mention the safe urriial at Pernambuco, from Liverpool, after a passage of 47 days, ot the iron ship Ironsides. This was the first sailing vessel, built of Iron, that was ever sent from England on a foreign voyage, liy this voy age the great question of the compasses was sat isfactorily determined ; throughout the whole lime they traversed with the same regularity and ac curacy us on board vessels of the usual construc tion. York.— York, the Eborueum of the Homans, contains about 40,000 inhabitants, and is the principal city of the north of England though some trading towns are more populous. York is 198 miles from London,and 201 from Edinburgh. It is a walled city, and of old, was the second city in the kingdom. It is situated upon the river Ouse, and was considered a seaport in the days of the Romans, Hu.xons, and Normans, when vessels of 80 or 00 tons could sail up to the bridge, which is about 70 miles from the sea, Edward the Ist, in 12119, brought the courts of Justice to York, where they remained 7 years, when they were re turned to London. In this monarch's time, Yoik was considered an English port, which shows the state of naval achitccturc at that time.— York has sustained many sieges—its walls have not always saved it. It was taken by William the Conquer or, after a(i months siege. In 1644, the parlia mentary forces under Hir Thou as Fairfax, besie ged York, and after the battle of Murslon Moor, him to the parliament for XSOO.odo 11 1^ ,or kinß title to the 2d son of the king. It is the Sfl’ wau archbishop, and the records of its ecclesiastical court, are near y a century older than those of Canterbury or London. John Hull, it appears from the subjoined from a late number of the New Y'ork Express, possess es at least a share of the roguish talent generally attributed to brother Jonathan : A cask of Clover Heed from London, was sold yesterday by auction, which proved to bo colored purple, to suit this market. The fraud was de lected. The holders here knew nothing of the transaction. Lee I feu Matches.— A vender of this article in England, has the following quotation from the prophets painted on a sign-board over his door, — •* O Lucifer, how art thou failed,” a penny a box.” Fabions in New Yoiik —A correspondent of I he National Intelligencer furnishes the following sketch of fashions as they present tkemselves vt ilns lime in Broadway; A rough customer, from the West, m • ting me on the giani-stairs of the big hotel here, observed, with a very knowing look, llmt the only tiling one got for nothing in New York was the display of fashion and fashionables in Broadway. Illy backwoods man put into language of his own what lias often occurred to me wlnlt walking ill Ibai great I bon ugh fare, in which the stroller for amusement or edifiea lion may ever he finding new loud for Inn or philuao phy, as im nlally or physically disposed. I think the fashionable frequenters ol I he pave and the coach path, who, from Iweho to three o’clock, daily, add so much to I he life and gaiety of the siieoi, are really public benefactors; for they keep the lookers-on yet never-lulling source ol amusement, os rich and va ried as Ibe more costly entertainments of Ihe aa lontis, the iho dres, and the thousand oilier show shops of (helowtr To stand on the great sh psiit Aslor’s, or the American, the Clarendon, and the Alher aMirn, and watch the “manners living, as • hey rise," and pass before the eye like llio shilling (.0111- Innulions ol the kaleidoscope, is a very favorite mode pm r passer It: limps, in (onham, at cortniri hours of the day: and it is really astonishing lo observe flow quickly any new innovation ol style or custom is caught up trom Fans or London, by the exqn.sites of Bond and illeocker streets, U averley and Wash ington places, and Broadway. In llie mode of wearing lire hair, for example; the last loiieli ofeiquisilistn is to w<ar that ornann ulal appendage in long elf'hicks, if the hair is .•iirtuhle, nl tbe ends,and lying rner the shoulders « la do cither This looks queerly enough, with a coal of modern eul, as you may well judge—(bee monstrous erinose musses depending voluminously over him k broad ciollt and a mini stock; hnl|how is I ho elf et height ened, when there hangs down, lo mrei the "love lock,"an elaborate moustache, with whiskers and imperial lo match ! flow iinlimnun Ibo man, wear ing all this hair, con rives to make I imself appear, you may imagine, To my eye, be certainly seems, \inibis guise,to have lost ilicclium which every man ought to have losay, with the proud boinun," llonw sum ; buttonb uthilu me alien pula!" But it is not the hair ah ne which lias become ibe subject of recant fashionable innovation '1 bey arc making coat* of be most odd and outre cut, accord ing to ibe latest importation oflhe modes They seem lo be made with ibe least possible retcrence lo btauly of shaj e, comeliness of fit, or eomlort to the wearer, and mure neany lo rest ruble the labiird of a herald then any thing else in art. It is line that only the iiltrojnis in these nutters have, as yet, ns-urn ed this whimsical coal; but, knowing full well, thin, ns Shakespeare lias said, •- new customs, be inner so ridiculous, nay, though they be unmanly, slid are followed,”! look fouvard lo ibe speedy aoopiioncd llie absurd fashion, not only here, but nil over the land,Cloaks too! The last style is lo cut these gar rne - Is made of the most dehe.sie elolb, straight in (rout, booked or buttoned close from the collar (low n wards, reaching only lolbe knee s, and rube won with the arms oflhe victim kept closely confined to his sides, lest a wrinkle or a gather destroy the quaker-like primness of this d.w kind of pr rpendic ular over-oil And then, the canes 1 . Made of veil, w 1 1 • * ***• un'hli*'; f ru , rV r* ,U1II, H" pnllnm, terminating unli (i dog s I .or,,1 0 ( various species, mid glass I rails loreyp*. J Ills is ilio lon mm; mill llius ninos arc I e man rnnes mdood ,io malin a wretched l.niin ptm —lor which excuse mo it yon can!; !‘°V; ~,e I mude ladies 111 high life to drive rough Broadway accompanied hy pel pui pic», ( i human, bill ennino,) ofevervdescr.ption. You jumol iinngin how piclurt mjho ihosoo.,o; a carriage, With osonli honnoil lininmoi oloih, soivnnls in rich livery, inosl unexceptionable hoiscs ami hnmosH, and coma,,nog two or three inmnics, besides a dog ol Iho ( hrr.es the Second spaniel lined, his loro, paws on Iho edge of the window, and his head loll ing lorih most n qaisilivoly, relun.ing ibn nods of , passers-by o;i I lio pave, ns Ihcy make iheir Hiilnnit m ill fair occupants of the ei-rnh! Such is ih ' custom, and ihu dogsellers nro reaping a rich harvest. Hut no more, nl present, o* what (he mar curml Merentio was w out lo call “Ilose strange flies, th so fashion-mongers?” t iiinksk Maukktivu. It is very revelling,says the imllrnr(lithe Kan Uni in China,to the feelings olthe Lmoponn, upon I,is first visit lo China, to observe lb ■ natives preparing to make their meals upon those i oniestiek animals which he has always been accustom, dlo look upon with a degree of. fondness and iilfcolion The dog. especially, baa always been considered the fried and companion ufman; the only friend, somtuimes. that is left be baa been descried by the rest of the world, Put the craving appetite and calls of hunger w ill generally overthrow the stiongest fits of affection and grat itude. It was Huts m the siege of Jerusalem, when the starving mother fed upon the flesh of her own. murdered t tiild ; and a slid more app op.late illus fraii. n is given, in ibai true and llinbful sk, irk from nature Cord Byron has tlrae n of the shipwreck of l)on Juan,ami which is founded on an actual fact. 1 he C liineiD ol the upper ranks tiro as ihstidious and expensive in tficir food as any cell, r people, vvlti e the lower orders are altogether ns filthy This evi detnly ntises from flic goal scarcity of piovt ions among so many millions ol pi o; le, and llui neces sity, ofsnslainiiig nature bv wluilever can possibly afford any nourislitret. Tbs rmittiaily loads, in lime, to a lofal loss of iliscriminat on a- in llieqnai lily ol food eaten, and an animnl intfte marltei vvoii tl therefore, lie valued nnly in propoiiion lo the quan tity of flesh upon il,o bones, with mi any re sere net. lo ils flavour or slaiool prtservniioi'. A gentleman waking tlir.ingb the mniket on, day, nl Canton, observed that a pheasant and a cat were pat up (or sale at flic same price; and you will In (|nentiy ob serve, ill the some place, dugs, tits, and rats sold indiscriminately, according to their weight Substitute ton Tint Sun -The newly in vented light of M Cundiii, on which experimenle were recently made at I'arts, is an imp oved mod ificqtion' of the well known invention ol Lienicna t Drummond. While Drurnmoml poarg a stream of oxygen gas thiongh spirits ol wine, upon iinslukeil lime, Gaiidin makes use ol a in ire oiliu.iul kind of oxygen, which he conducts through burning essence oftiirpcn inn. The Drummond ligh' is IfllHJ times stronger than that ofburmrig gi« ; the (.audio light is, we arc assured by the inventor, as - Irong as that olthe sun, or ihirly thmuem.l limes stronger than pas, and ol course, ten times mure so limn that of Ihe L'rumtniiud. '1 he method by which M Gaudin propopses in turn the new invention to useis s'ligti larly striking. Ito pnipnacs I-erect in the island oflhol’oint Nenf, in the mi.lcll:- of iho Seine and centre ol Paris, a lighl-hon»c, five hundred feet high, in which is In bo piarudu light from n bundled thousand Inn million gns pipes strong—the power lo be varied ns ibn ni. lit is dgbl or dink Paris will thus enjoy a sor of p rp. luai day; nod as soon, ns the sun of the heavens has set, the sun ol the Pont Nenf w ill rise.— London Mrtiolitir s Magazint COMMERCIAL. Cotton. —We reported in our limsravmmi-ir..——- ' the stock on hand, including all on ship board not cleared; since then wc have received 7,950 hales; and shipped to Liverpool 4,414 bales, to Ncw-4ork ox7 bales, to Port and SI bales,and to Ncw-Orleans 333 bales, making in all 5,545 bales; leaving the stock on band, including all on ship board not clear ed, 71,030 bales, against 89,329 bales same lime last * season. (lurstatement exhibits a dcliciency incur receipts thus far against last year of 37,028 bales. The receipts of the week nearly correspond with those of last year, an unexpected quantity having arrived, in consequence of the tise of the smaller watercourses, enabling the flats which usually ar rive in all this mouth and May, to anticipate the season, as well as the lowness of freight, inducing the planters to urge forward the remnants of their. •' crops. Curmarkct since last report hat been verj steady, unmarked by any excitement —as wo have noted in our general remarks. The sales have not ex ceeded 0000 bales. We continue our quotations of last week, although small sales have bten made under, but the transactions have been, so limited as. to impart a nominal character to them at present. — Holders of the largest stocks are linn, and not dis l«jsed to yield. * Hood and choice 17 a IS, good ftiir 1(1/a 16/ , fair lo.'/a 10,middling lo a lot, oidinary 13{ a 14/. In our monetary oiiiyrs, we are depressed to. about as low an ebb,as wc can well roach; and if any change docs occur, we ought in the usuak course of human events to anticipate from Ibis fea ture that it woubl be fur the better; but we can perceive no source from whence relief is lo reach us. New York, April 4. Colfon —This market has been singularly quiet since our last remarks, notwithstanding the reduc tion in prices then,noticed. The sales reach a few hundred bales only at 13 a l(i. The arrivals have been about 5000 bales. At Augusta, on the 28th; the market continued very dull. Sales extended to 375 bales only at extremes of 14/ a 15/. Ibe scarcity of money was beginning to be severely felt in this market. At Charleston, on the 29th, there was a good demand for inferior ctoton. Sales reached in all 5132 bags at 13 a 17tc, which were folly former rates. At New Orleans, on the 23d, there was but little doing, and that at former rates. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, April 8. Cleared. —Hr. ship Columbus, Pentrieth, Liver pool ; ship Watchman, Davis, New Castle, Me ; schr. Excel, Sellaw, Philadelphia. Arrived yesterday, —Ship Coriolanus, Merrill, Philadelphia. Departed. —Steamboat Hamburg, Wood, Augusta. Charleston, April 9. Arrived yesterday, —Hr. ship Ann Hall, Tucker,. Liverpool ; hr. barque Jupiter, M’Kwen Liverpool; brig (j in nil Turk, Trout, .New York; schr. Panta loon, Kirwan, Bt. Marks; steam packet Georgia Hollins, Haltimere. Cleared. —Ship Rowland, M’Lcllun, Liverpool; barque Ospray, Bartlett, Havana ; brig John C. Calhoun, Bullen, Havana; brig Pleiades, Lowell, West Indies ; brig Tacon, Green, West Indies. IVcnt la sea yesterday —Line brig Almcna, Doanc, New Orleans; line brig Gen Sumter, lien nett, Baltimore ; schr. David ColFm, Lewis, Phila delphia. WEUTEKBiJINSUBANCE & TUI ST CO. Capital $1,01)0,000 —$500,000 paid in. Private property of Stockholders liable. riNHE undersigned having been appointed Agent for the Western Insurance &'t rust ■ ompany . of Columbus, Ga., is prepared to take Fire, Marine, inland Navigation and Fife Risks, nl as low rater, as any other responsible Company. All losses sustained by this agency will bo promptly adjusted here. WM. M. D’ANTTGNAC Augusta, February. 20 'w’.m Agent,