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—————P*———w—iW■——— ■ *mm ———^___________ WILLIAM E. JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 18, 1839. ~~~ v '"' T XT ____ _____ ’ Vol lII.—No. 45. TUB CHHON I. L.K a\D MEN TIN BL. PUBLISHED, DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY, At No. Broad-street. terms: Baily paper, Ten Dollar? per annum, in advance. Tri-Weekly paper, at Six Dollars in advance or Seven at the end of tlie year. Weekly pap -r, Three Dollars in advance, or Four at the end of year. CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUCUSTA. b , WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 17. f=_: =— New York Charter Election. The Commercial Advertiser of the 12th says: The political contest is over—for the present— and the result is of the class sometimes denomina ted astonishing. We a e beaten, handsomely and thoroughly—whether by fraud or surprise, or our own negligence, or fair fighting, we will not now stop to inquire. Never mind. All we have to do is to hope that our new mayor will prove as good a one as his predecessor—and turn him out as soon as ever we can. Common Council ditto’ ditto. Varian’s Majority is about 1000. The following gentlemen have been elected Directors of the Georgia Insurance & Trust Company, for the ensuing year. Thomas S. Metcalf, James P. Stuart, Adam Johnston, David L. Adams, Amory Sibley, William Holmes, Andrew J. Miller, William M. Howland, Artemas Gould, Josiah Sibley, William P. Rathbone, Hosea Webster, John M. Adams, George Collins, William H. Morgan, Stephen Hills, Edward Thomas. Austin R. Gordon, Samuel Hale, Albert O. Parmelee. Solomon Knecland, At a meeting of the hoard, on the Bth instant Thomas S. Metcalf, Esq., was unanimously re-elected President. Post Offices in Georgia. The following post offices have been establish ed : Good Hope, Walton county. Union Point, Greene county. Rehobothville, Morgan county. The post office at Rousseau, Columbia county’ has been discontinued. The name of the post office at Mattocks, Tatt nall county, has been changed to Surrcncy’s. The following postmasters have been appoint ed : James Richardson, Good Hope, Walton county W. P. Lawson, Union Point. Greene county- Hiram Pendergrass, Rehobothville, Morgan co. S. B. Murphy, Irwimon, Wilkinson co. D. Pitchford, Mount Yonah, Habersham co. J. P. Welch, Hebron, Washington co Robert C. Surreney, Mattocks, Tattnall co. W. Crook, Hopkinsville, Chattooga co. J. M. Cantrell, Campbellton, Campbell co. j From the Charleston Courier of yesterday. Com inercitil Convent ion. Cn ait l ksto v, April 15th, 1839. The Delegates assembled, at the Theatre, Meet ing street, at lOo’clo,k, A. M. On motion of Kjr Boyce, Esp. C l. James Gadsen, of Flori da, was called to the Chair, to organize the Con vention, and Richard Yeaton, Jr., of Charleston was appointed Secretary. The Ch irman then called on ihe delegates to come forward and reg ister their na nes. The registry having been ma le accordingly, the Secretary reported the fol lowing as the result. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston. —Robt. V. Hayne, James Hamil ton. C. G. Mcmrningcr, Kcr Boyce, Abraham Tobias, Samuel Burger, Taaddeus Street, James Robertson Henry L. Pinckney, John Robinson. Noil McNeill, C. ’Surckmyer, L. G. Capers Tho mas Bennett, S. P. Ripley, Charles Edmondston, Jff Abraham (Handing, Andrew McUowall, H. W. Conner, John C. Ker, Daniel Ravencl, David Al exander, Arthur P. Hayne, L. Trapmann. James Adger, J. N. Cardozo, John A. Stuart, Richard .Ycadoir, Jr., James S. Bowie, Hugh R. hanks, Robt. Collins, Benj. F. Hunt. Geo. A. Kelsey, 31. C. Mordecai, Robt. Martin. A. G. Magrath, 0. M. Furman, Rene Godard, M. I. Keith, Henry Gnurdm, Alex. Black. J. F. Entz, Then. O. El liott, Alfred Huger, Robt. W. Fort, Geo. A. Trenholin, Alex. McDonald, Henry A. Middle ton. ■ Kershaw, —Win. J. Grant, Christopher Ma theson, John Boykin, James K. Douglass, Alex. Young. Richland. —Win. C. Preston. David J. Mc- Cord, B. F. Taylor. James L. Clark,David Ew a t, Wm.G. McNeill, John S. Preston, M. H. Deleon, Wade H impton. F. H. Elmore, J. 8. fohen B. L. McLauchlin. A. Wallace, John Frost. R. 11. Goodwyn, J. D. Mordecai. Langdon Cbeves Jr., John McLean James Fenton, John i Caldwell, R. W. Gibbcs, Theodore Stark, Thos. Davis, James Douglass Patrick Noble. St. John’s, Berkley. —Samuel Dubose. Isaac Porcher, Jr.. Stephen G. Dcveaux. John H. Daw ton. James Ferguson, S. W. Barker. St. Stephen'::. —Win. Dubose. Colleton District.- —John S. Brisbane, Robert M. Allan, Malichi Ford. Thos. Raysor, D, S, Henderson, J. W. Burliridge. Georgetown District. —E. T. Hcriot, J. Harlcston Read. Jr., James G. Henning. Eigfield District. —N. L. Griffin, L. T. i Wigfall, H. Burt, Thou, Smith, J. R. Wever, ! ’ Rt hard Parks. Whitfield Brooks. Henry Shultz, i T. H. Nixon, Gilbert Tennent, Edmund Penn, t J. P. Carroll, M. L. Bonham. H. L. Jeffers, W. V W. Starke. «•- Barnwell District —W. J. Duncan, E. Dellin ger Jr.. J. 11. Hammond, J, G. Frown, B. H. > .Brown, J. G. W. Duncan. A. P. Aldrich, 'J'. S. R.nisome. Janies Patterson. S. Stansell, J. J. ■ Ryan Thos. Addis >n. M. I). Maher, S. D. Park er. S. W. Trotti, E. Lartigue, C. F. Tobin. ’ Banforf I) strict —Alex. J. Lawton, John Fram non Sidney Smith, Alfred Raoul, Robert Chl'i 1 1 n B. Mcß ulc. ifOrangehnrgh 0 ’strict— D. F. Ja nison. David ■Shuler, W. L. Lewis, Samuel B, Dwight, Wm. P. Kusidl, John M. Felder. Abbeville District —Joel Smith, A. H. James S. Wilson. Pendleton District —Francis K. Huger. Greenville District —B. Dunham. Laurens District —Beaufort T. Watts, R. H. Spear, J. Watts, H. Saxon. Union D strict —David Johnson, J. M. Gad berry. John li. Dogan, R. J. Gage, F. W. Spears J. Wright. Chester D : strict —John Dunovant, Jesse Corn wall, John McKee, Jordan Bennett, John T. M. McAfee. Fairfield D'strict —B. F. Davis, Win. Harper, J. H. Means, R. Cathcart, Wm. S. Lyles, Tims. McCullough, S. G. Barkley. Darlington District —E. W. Charles. Newberry D. strict —James P. Caldwell. Sumter District —F. Sumter, James Hayns worlh,J. N. Frierson. NORTH CAROLINA. Asheville —Mitchell King, Wm. Patton, Dr. S. H. Dickson. Georgia. Athens. —Wm. Dearing. Ashury Hull, Burrell Pope, John J. Huggins. Augusta. —John Phinizy, John Rones, John Kerr, Jno. G. Winter, Louis A Dugas, James Rhind, Samuel M. Thompson, James W. Davies. Tims. O. Casey, Wm. M. D’Anlignac, JamcsT. Gray. Pleasant Stovall, Isaac Moise, John Mil ledge, Andrew J. Miller. Darien. —Benjamin Green. Macon. —E. Hamilton, J. Cowles, J. B. Row land, Chs. Collins, E. Alexander, D. C. Camp bell. Thomas Hardiman. Washington County. —Quintillian Skrine. Crawfordville, Tal uferro County. —A. H. Stephens, T. Chafin, John M. Anthony. Madison, Morgan County. —John Robson, Wm. C. Saffold. ALABAMA. Montgomery. —Charles T. Pollard, Elbert A. Holt. Jesse P. Taylor, Abner McGehee. Pickens County Amos Davis. TENNESSEE. Knoxville. —Wm. S. Kennedy, John H. Cra zier, Thos. C. Lyon. Athens. —Spencer Jarnaghin. Greenville. —Alexander Williams. FLO 111 DA. James Gadsden, Wm. J. Mills, Hardv H. Phillips. RECAPITULATION. South Carolina, 170 North Carolina, 3 Georgia, 33 Alabama, 5 Tennessee, 6 Florida, 3 219 On motion of Gen. Hayne, the Hon. Ashbi-hf Hull of Georgia, was appointed President of the < 'onvenlion, and he was conducted to the Chair, by a Committee, consisting of Messrs. Hayne, Pollard, and Jarnaghin. Mr. Hull, on taking the Chair, made a brief but happy acknowledgement of the honor confer red on him and the State he represented, by call ing him to preside over such an assembly. On motion of Col. Gadsden, Resolved, That the Chai appoint one Vice President, for each State and Territory, repre sented in the Convention. The following gentlemen were accordingly ap pointed by the Chair, V ice Presidents of the Con vention : South Carolina—Chancellor Wm. IlAnrEii. North Carolina— Mitchell Kino. Tennessee Scencer J.uvnagiwn. Georgia— E. Hamiltov. Alabama— iiarles T. Pollard. Florida.— William J. Mills. On motion as Ker Boyce. Esq., Resolved, That the reporters of the city news papers be allowed to lake seats on the stage. On motion of Chancellor, Harper, the following Committee of Twenty One was appointed by the Chair, to prepare business for the Convention. Committee of Twenty-One, Wm Harper, "j Rout, Y. Hayne, I G. A. Trknholm, I J. K. Douolas, Carolina. F. 11. Elmore, C. G. Memminger, A. B LANDING, J Wm. Dearing, "j A. J. Miller, | D. ''. Campbell, \ „ A. H. Stephens, or B m * J. PiiiNizr, .1. Cowles, J J vo. H. Crozier, j in 1 1 T len ilessee*. J IIOS U. IiYOV, 3 Aeiineii M Gehee, . T , A , T > Alabama. h. A. Holt, 3 Mitchell Kino, r , Wm. Patton, $ North Carolina. J am. s Gars”en, Florida. Wm. J. M lls, y Gen. Hayne offered a scries of resolutions, which were, on his motion, referred to the Com mittee of Twenty-One. On motion of the lion. H. F. Elmore, Rest Ivcd. That a Committee of Ten, to con sist principally of Merchants from the interior of the Stoics and Territory, represented in this Con vention, be appointed to ascertain and report whether goods have not been imported and sold at the Southern sea ports, upon as good terms, and at as fair rates, as they can be procured at the Northern—and whether the Country Merch ants rannot now procure at the Southern sea ports as full a supply and as good assortments, upon as fair terms and as favorable periods of payment, as they can lie procured elsewhere— and whether there exist any and what advantages in m iking purchases from the direct importers at the South. The Chair nominated the following Commit tee. under the foregoing resolution: —Hon. F.H. Elmore, Columbia, S. C., Alexander Williams. Tennessee; H. H. Philips, Florila; Robert J. Gage, Union District. 8. C.; Jno. Dunovant. Chester District, S. C.; C. Math rson, Camden, S. C.; John Bones, Pleasant Stovall, Augusta, Geo; C. T. Pollard, Alabima. On motion of Gen. Hamilton. Resolved. That when this Convention shall adjourn, it adjourn to meet again at 12, M. to morrow. Adjourned. RICHARD VEADON, Jr.,Secretary. From the Petersburg Intelligencer, April 9. Great Match Race— slo,ooo a sire.— We arc glad to learn that the mutch between Bos- j ton and Portsmouth will come off at the time ap- i pointed. Sa'urday last was the day on which I he parties in the race might have been off by the payment of $2 000 so lei t. The day passed and no proposition to that effect was made. Now if the race does not come off. the party in default will have to plank down $3,000. We conclude, 1 therefore, tliat the race will certainly be run. , *' ~~ a -Tfiae Proceedings of Council. [EXTRA MEKTINO.] Saturday, April 13th, 1833. Council met pursuant to adjournment. Present—the lion. A. Cu.mmi.no, Mayor—Al dermen St. John, Bush, Nelson, Dye, Thomp son, Rankin, Harper, ami Bishop. The Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The docket of the Police Court was then taken up and the following cases tried, for viola tions of the IBlh section of Ihe General Ordi nance. Thomas Tolc, guilty, fined 51 00 F. Blodgct, not guilty, Morton Kelsey, guilty, fined 5 00 D. Thompson, “ « 10 00 Isaac Hendricks, “ “ 1 00 Mr. Parish appeared and took his seat. The petitions of W. Whitlock, J. L. P.Clary, Mrs. Elizabeth May, and Wm. Shear, were or dered to lie on the table. The following resolutions were offered and passed:— By Mr. Thompson, Resolved, That his Honor, the Mayor, appoint a Committee to take into consideration the recom mendation of the citizens, to purchase the “Wa ter Works,” and that the said Committee ascer tain the best terms on which they can be pur chased, to make enquiries into the state of the Woiks, the actual supply of water, the titles, and other matters connected therewith, and report to a meeting of Council on Saturday next, at 10 o’clock. Messrs. Thompson, Harper, St. John and Parish, were appointed the committee. By Mr. Bishop, Resolved, That his honor the Mayor, be re quested to fill up the vacancies in the Commit, lee appointed for the purpose of building the Wall and Fence around the City Burying Ground and for other contracts connected with those pur poses . Messrs. Bishop, Dye, and Parish, were ap pointed the committee. Resolved, That the Mayor and Police Com mittee be authorized to fill up any vacancies which may take place among the City Watch, during the present year. By Mr. Harper, Resolved, That the Men hers of Council in each Ward be a Committee to carry into effect, in their Wards, respectively, the 2d clause of the IGlh section of the General Ordinance, (regu lating slaves living apart from their owners,) and that they report in each case to the Clerk of Council. By Mr. Hitt, Resolved, That the Street Committee be au thorised to have Reynold Street, between Mill and McKinne Street, filled up, so as to pass off the water now standing in said street, and to take earth for that purpose from Broad Street, near the Reservoir, at an expense not to exceed one hundred dollars. By Mr. Harper, Resolved, That the Street Committee report on Saturday next, the situation of the Drain in Jackson Street, between Broad and Ellis streets. By Mr. Hitt, Resolved, That his honor, the Mayor, appoint from among the Council, one from each Ward, four Wharf Directors, on the part of the city, to act with the Directors of the Union Wharf Com pany. Messrs. Harper, St. John, Thompson, and Bush, were appointed Directors, on the part of the city. By Mr. Harper, Resolved, That the Committee on Drains be instructed to have the Drain leading from the low grounds above Savage’s Hospital made two feet deeper, near its source, with as little delay as pos sible, by contract, and that said Committee ad vertise for proposals to effect the work. By Mr. Bishop, 1 ] Resolved, That the Committee on the Market be authorized to have the City Clock put in order, by such additions and repairs as they may think necessary, and make enquiry as to salary, &c., of some suitable person to attend to winding it up; and to repair the rails around, and enclosing the Market House, and report the same at the Meet ing of Council on Saturday next, By Mr. Harper, Resolved, That the Committee on the River Bank and Wharf, be instructed to have the trash in front of the Street Officer’s Wharf, removed and to make arrangements to preventits accumu lation in future. Council adjourned to meet on Saturday next, at 10 o’clock. S. H. QUIVER, Clerk of Council. From the Southern Recorder. Greensboro’, 30th March, 1839. Messrs. Grieve Jr Orme •• Gentlemen —The publicationol thecnclosed sections of lire law passed the last session ol Congress, “ making appropriations for preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities, for the year 1839,” will be useful to many of your readers, and especially the volunteers who served under Gen. Charles H. Nelson, in the Florida cam paigns. The other Editors will consider this request made to them also. Very respectfully, WM. C. DAWSON. “ For paying the value of the horses and cqui : page of the Tennessee and other volunteers who i have at any time been in the service of the United Slates in the Territory of Florida, anil which were turned over to the Government by ' the order of the commanding General, or other j commanding officer, said value to be ascertained i by the appraisement of sa d value when the vol- I | untecrs entered the service, fifty-two thousand j dollars. “ That the provision of acts approved and in i force at various periods since 1813, authorizing j payment for horses lost in the service of the United States, hy rangers, militia, and volunteers, ' arc hereby revived and extended for two years, ! from and after the passage of this act; and un der the action of the Third Auditor, shall be deemed to embrace all cases not already satisfied, nt horses lost to their owners in service as afore said in battle or otherwise, when due care and diligence he rendered manifest on the part of the owner; and it the death or loss of rangers’ horses shall have occurred for want of forage, it being at places where acting in obedience to the orders of the commanding officers, forage could not have been procured by proper vigilance on the part of the owner. No payment however shall be made for horses or other property lost or destroyed, when the loss or destruction shall have been occasioned by the fault or neglect of the owner, or when by the terms of the contract, the risk was up n the owner of the property.” Tallahassee, April 6—On Wednesday evening lust, the dwelling of Capt. James Scott, residing about two miles from Hailey’s .Mills, in Jefferson county, was attacked hy a party of 10 or 15 Indians. At the first fire, a Mrs. ’ Perrine, residing in the family was killed, a I-i.l. nephew of Col. Hally, shot in the arm. nnd negro wo man dangerously wounded. ( .ip.ain Scott and Iris overseer, Mr. Skipper, bravely defended the house, drove off the Indians, killing two oftheir number, and invited the remainder back by Iboir whoops to renew the attack. They did not how ever return. A few such receptions as the in truders met with at (’apt. Scott’s, would, we think, tender them somewhat cautious in their future attacks.— Floridian, Floiuda Indians. —About the Ist of this month, a murder was committed in Ware county by the Indians on the person of the wife of Mr. Nimrod Kawlison, The murder was committed within three quarters of a mile of one of the military posts—Fort Mooneyack. It is supposed that there are yet some straggling Indians in the Okefinokee, hy some of whom this murder has been perpetrated. Gen. Nelson's command has been (after some difficulty) mustered into the service of the United States, as mount"d men. We believe and trust they will put a ip to the marauders within our borders. The plan advised and about to be adopted, by the present commanding General in Florida, is to lay out the territory into districts of 30 miles square, and station troops in carh district; which seems to he a most judicious plan, and one which meets the decided approval of experienced mili tary men. amongst others of the highest authori ty, Gen. Clinch. We hope the plan may work better than those which have been hitherto pur sued.—Southern Recorder. Loco Foco OI’TRAf! K ! —Dksthotino the Hillot Boxes.— The Legislature of New Jer sey passed a law to divide the township of Har rington, llcrgen Co., which is ten miles long and nearly as broad, being traversed centrally by the Hackensack river and extending to the Hudson. The new town, should the inhabitants so vote, was to be located on the west of the Hackensack. The citizens peaceably assembled a day or two since, and deposited their votes almost unani mously for tile division. Four wagon loads of loafers now arrived from the Palisadoes with in cendiary banners and hickory poles, broke into the election room, seized the ballot boxes and scat tered tbem to the winds, and then departed !—A. Y. Star. From the New York Spirit of the Times, Pete Whetstone’s Last Prolic. Devil’s Fork os Little Red, } January 9, 1839. 5 Mr beau Mn. Editor :—Since the last time I writ you, I have had all sorts of times ; I took a trip away out South. Well, when I got to the Rock, I was in a big hurry to keep on, so 1 walked up early in the morning to Goodrich and Loomis, thinking I would rig out in a suit oftheir best, but they had’nt opened their store;so 1 steps into another, and bought me a pair of red broad cloth britches. The fellow measured me, and put up a pair that he said would fit me to a sha ving. So I stuffs them into my saddle bags, and put out South. Well, when 1 gets out, f was asked to a party, and I rigged myself up; but oh, lordy, my breeches were big enough for the fat man what was blowcd up in the steamboat. I had my gallowses up to the last notch, but it would’nt all do, for I could have carried a grist of corn in them without stretching the cloth. I hardly knew what to do; my old britches would’nt do at all. and my new ones hung like a shirt on a bean-pole. Thinks I, there is .no frolic for Pete; but just right at this time in pops Major Greene. “Well,” says he, “Kurnel, aint you ready logo 1” Says I, “I am thinking 1 won’t go.” “ Why 1” says he. “Look at my britch es,” says I, Well, he commenced laughing; says he, “Them britches were made for Daniel Lam bert.” “Well,” says I, “Daniel Lambert is a stranger to me, hut I know they arc a pretty loose fit.” “Oh, never mind them,” says he; “come go, and nobody will notice them.” So I went. 1 found lots of people, and an abundance of pret ty gals. Well, there was no dancing, and the folks were all sitting round the room; so I slips in a corner, thinking I would hide my britches. Presently some gentleman asked a lady to sing; so up she gits, and he leads her to something in the corner, that looked like the nicest kind of a chest. Well, she opened the lid. and it was right chuck full of horse teeth; she just run her hand across them, and I never heard such a noise in all my life. I whispered to the next fellow to me, and asked what sort of a varmint that was ! “Why, Kurnel,” says he, “that is a pe-anny.” Well, the young lady commenced, and I never heard such singing. I forgot my britches, and started to walk close up to the pe-anny, when I heard them littering. “Daniel Lambert,” says one— then I knew they were laughing at my britches. So I feels my dander rising, and began to get mad; 1 walked right up, bold as a sheep. There was a sort of a dandy looking genius standing hy the pe-anny. Says he, “Now do, Miss, favor us with that delightful little ditty—my favoratc— you know it.” Then she commenced. “ When the Relly-aker is-bearnover the sen, I’ll dance the Ronny-aker by moonlight with thee.” That is all I recollc t. Whcnshegot through up steps Maj. Green, and introduces me to her. Says she, (and I tell you she looked pretty,) “ Col. Whetstone, what is your favorite V’ Says I, “ Suit yourself and you suit me.” And that made her laugh. Well, right allhat. up steps a fellow that looked as if he had been sent for and conld'nt go. Says be, “ Miss, will you give me “ the last link is broken“ Why,” says sire I “indeed, sir, I have the most wretched cold ini the world.”—Why, Miss,” says I ■ yon wouldn’t 1 call yours a bad cold if you had seen Jim Cole 1 after he lay out in the swamp an 1 catehed cold.” ' “'y h y-’ »«>•» she, (and lord, hut she look.nl killing.) “how bad was his cold!” “Why, Miss,’ says I, “he didn’t quit spitting ice till the middle of August.” That made her laugh. “ Well, saya she, Kurncl Whetstone, that cures my cold.” So ahe commenced.— “ The last link is broking that binds yon tome, “ The words you have spoken is sorry to 1.” Well, arter the lady was over, they all went iuto supper; lots of good things. 1 sat next to a young lady, and I heard them saying, “Mias, with your permission, I’ll take a piece of the turkey,” and so on. I sees a plate of nice little pickles.—“ Mias, with your permission, I'll take a pickle,” and ahe said I might do ao. I reached over and dipped up one on my fork—it was small; and I put the whole of it in mv mouth. Oh, lordy! but it burnt;—well, the ’more I chawed the worse it was. Thinks I, if I swallow, lam a burnt koon. Well, it got too hot for human natur to stand; so says I,“ Miss, with your per mission,! II lay this pickle hack,” and I spit it out. Oh, lordy! what laughing. “Excuse me, ladies, if I have done wrong,” says I, “hut that pickle is too hot for the devil’s fork.” Everybody seemed to take the thing in good part, hut one chap; says lie, “ I never seed such rude behavior in all my life.” At that I turns round to him; says I, “ Look here, Mister, if you don’t like the smell of fresh bread, you had better quit the bakery.” Well, I tell you, that shot up his fly trap quick. Arter supper the party broke up. Oh, eenfound the britches! I wish the fellow that made them could he fed ou cloth for twelve months. Even the little hoys make fun of them, for I heard one singing— “ Mister, Mister, who made your britches > Daddy cut them out, and mammy sowed the stitches. Ever vours, PETER WHETSTONE. From Dewee's Travels in Turkey. The administration of justice is thus pleasantly exemplified:— As M. Moara finished his explanation, wc saw the Cadi on duty. He goes out in the morning without making known his intended route; takes his walk with suitable attendants, and slops at the first bazaar. He seats himself at random in one of the shops, and examines the weights, measures and merchandize. He lends an ear to all complaints, interrogates any merchant accused of infraction of the law, and then, without court or jury, and especially without delay, pronounces judgment, applies the penalty, and goes on in quest of other delinquents. In these cases, how ever, the punishment is of a different character. Notwithstanding the identity of the crime, l.e cannot treat the offending merchant as a common thief, that would nave a prejudicial effect on com merce. The penalty is graduated thus: the mildest, confiscation ; the moderate, closing the shop; the severest, exposure. The last is indict ed iu a singular manner. The culprit is plat ed with his hack against his shop, and is compelled to raise himself on his toes until the weight of his whole body rests on them ; his ear is then nailed to the door or shutter of his shop. This punishment lasts two, four, or s x hours. It is true, the criminal may abridge its duration, when ever he chooses to let himself down, hut the |. Turkish merchant is jealous of his reputation, and nothing hut the last necessity would induce l him to resemble a thief by the mutilation of his ears. I stopped in front of one of these wretches, who had just been nailed up. I was disposed to compassionate his case, hut Mohammed told me he was an habitue, and that if I would observe his ear closely, I should find it was like a cul lender. This changed the current of my sympa thies, and, as he was to remain some time longer, I ceased to regret his sufferings, and rejoiced in the opportunity of making a sketch. I drew forth crayons and paper, and begged the rest to continue their route with M. Maura, leaving Mo hammed to assist me in any embarrassment, liul Mayer would lot quit mo ; so we three remained and the others proceeded on their way. My picture wae composed : the criminal, nail ed by his cur, was standing stiff and motionless on the extreme points of his great toes; and seated near him, on the sill of the door, was the guard charged with seeing the punishment duly exe cuted, smoking a pipe. Thcquantity of tobacco in the pipe seemed to he graduated to the lim that the punishment was to continue. Around these two personages was u semi circle of idlers. , W e took our places at one side, and I commenced 1 my task. After a time, the culprit, finding he had nothing to expect from the crowd—among whom, per haps, he recognized some of his customers — hazarded a word to the guard. “Brother,” said he, “one law of our holy Prophet is, that men should help one another.” The guard seemed to take no exception to this precept in the abstract, end continued quietly to smoke. “ Brother,” resumed the patient, did you not hear mel” 'The guard made no other reply than a large puff of smoke, that ascended to his neighbor’s nose. “ Brother,” still persisted the man, “one of us can aid the other, and do a thing acceptable to Mahomet.” The puds of smoke succeeded each other with a regularity that extinguished the poor fellow’s hopes. “ Brother,” cried the despondent, with a ous voice, “ put a stone under my heels and 1 will give you a piastre.” No reply. “Two piastres.” A pause. “ Three piastres.” Smoke. “ Four piastres.” “ Ten piastres,” said the guard quietly. The car and the purse of the man held a parley which was visible in the countenance; at length pain conquered, and the ten piastres rolled to the feet of the guard, who counted them with great deliberation, put them in his purse, rested his pipe against the wall, and picking up a pebble about as large as the egg of a tom-tit, placed it under the man’s heels. <• Brother.” said the culprit, “I feci nothing un der my feet.” “ A stone is there, however,” answered the guard, resuming his scat and his pipe; “but it is true, I selected it in reference to your price. Rive mo a talari (five francs) mid I will place a stone under you so appropriate to your necessities, that you shall sigh for it when you reach paradise.” The result may he anticipated : the guard had his money, and the merchant his stone. How the affair terminated thereafter, I do not know. I My drawing was completed in half ou hour, rnd ] we proceeded on our walk. 1 - IV# Marine Disasters.- —The bad weather on the coast lor the last ten days, has licen very dis astrous to the shipping. A number ol distressed vessels have arrived at Norfolk, and it was feared that many more had sullered. The Beacon no tices the arrival cf the ship Marco, 24 days from New Orleans, hound to Liverpool, in distress, with loss of rudder, several of her saris, <Stc. Saw a number of bales of cotton and other articles of merchandize adrift in the gulf stream. Also, brig victor, 10 days from Charleston, hound to Bos ton, in distress, with the loss of rudder, bout, &c., and part of deck load of timber. Also, brig Olive, 10 days from Philadelphia, bound to An tigua, in distress, having sustained damage in the late severe weather, lost one man overboard, and others of the crew injured. Also, brig Emerald, 21 days from St. Johns, P. R.; experienced very severe weather, during which sustained damage in hull, spars, sails and rigging, and lost the stern boat. On the 28th of March, off Chincoteague Shoals, in 18 fathoms water, Mr. Solomon Gott, of Itrookville, (Me.) mate, was struck by the main boom and knocked overboard, and was lost, Ji'MeiJio Land Claims in Illinois.—He who first squats on a lot of wild land by putting up a log house is considered by the regular squat ters ns owning the. claim. Nevertheless, another one copies, and in a night gets up another log house and claims the lot ns his. This second operation they call jumping the claim. The fol lowing account of these pioneer efforts, to sustain law and order, we take from the lettcrof an Illinois settler, published in the Bangor, Me. Whig. “In returning from It, I found an old man, na med Merry field, of my acquaintance, after men to rout a party ot fifteen scoundrels who had jumped his claim the night before. The party M. had raised and proceeded towards his house, (three miles) and he had turned out for more. I jump ed on to a horse and followed as fast as possible. I found the parly just ready to proceed to the pre mises. On seeing me and learning that I had gained my case, a very important one just then, they cheered me lustily.—We started, twenty three ol us, not one armed, for our object was peace, not tear. Wo found the ruffians ready to receive us, making use of the house, built of large oak logs, as a fort. Each of them having a rifle, and pistols, and bowie knives. We parleyed with them a while, when they told us they should kill the first man who touched the house. We were now armed with hickory clubs, and we proceeded to business by hitching two yoke of oxen to one corner of the house. The jumpers seeing this stationed themselves outside at the two corners facing the one at which we made the attack, their guns and pistols cocked and aimed at us as they said to fire when we should give the word to the ox"n. Without hesitating, wo gave the word, and down came one end of the house. This set tled the question. The jumpers did not fire, and we giving them three hearty cheers—drew the logs oil to Mr. M’s. house. The day but one af ter, they came on again in large numbers, where upon seventy-five of us went down and gave some of them a severe flogging, burnt up their hay and made them agree to leave the claim. Rooukut as well as Murder will out!— Jno. Sinclair, of Waterloo, who obtained large discounts from several Banks, two years ago, for the pupose of purchasing Wheat in Ohio, and then gave out that he was roblicd, has recently been committed to Jail. Ho had transmitted a package to Philadelphia, tohesold which has, we understand, been identified by T. W. Olcott, Esq., as a part of the funds discounted for Bin cl iir by the Mechanics and Farmer’s Bank Sin clair was a man of property and standing. He had not the excuse of necessity for his crime. Such dishonesty should meet its reward.—Alba ny Journal. A must no I.vc i dent.— The following amusing incident occurred in < ambridge, at one of the re cent trials for the election of a member for Con gress in District No. 4 :—A colored man, a pret ty zealous abolitionist, who is in the employ of a merchant of the city, who resides in was told by his employer that if he would like to go over and vote, he would write his vote for him, as he could neither read nor write. The colored man, suspecting some trick, declined the offer, but said he would go to the “office” and get one. He went to the office of the Liberator, and asked some one in attendance, for an abolition vote. The individual, not understanding him, but supposing he was jesting, handed him a copy of the Libera tor. Our hero immediately walked over to Cam bridge, and presented himself at the polls. On announcing his name, and on its Ircing checked ; ho very gravely deposited his Liberator in the. ballot box. to the great amusement of the specta tors !— Doeton Mer, Journal. Job was a patient man, and his temper was grievously afflicted with divers ingenious tor ments. But there were no daily newspapers printed in the land of Uz, and Job was never called upon to perform the duties of an editor. He had only to hear the ills of life resolutely—to justify himself before his Maker, and resist the hollow reproaches of a few false friends. He had no patrons —no populace to please. He had no irritable correspondents to catechise him for re jecting communications—no heedless compositors to make nonsense of his cogitations. Job be haved remarkably well considering the ciicum stanecs in which he was placed—but Job had only to do hit own think ng. — Troy Mail. COMMERCIAL. Extract of a letter dated Liverpool, .March 8, 1839. “Since our circularof the 2d instant, we have had a very general demand for< otton from the trade, consequent upon the improved aspect of things in the manufacturingdistricts, and the advanced prices realised in both goods and yarns, and from specu lators, in consequence of the accounts per George Washington, received on the 3d instant, being now confirmatory of the probable shortness of your crop. The sales since the 1 t instant have amount ed to 70,000 hales, of which, about 40,000 are to speculator at an advance of fid to id per lb. at which the market is steady, with a moderate de mand. It is said, that there will be a mcetii gos the spinners at Staley liridge, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of working short time. It is, however,clear that this question is seriously agitated among them. M \IU.\E INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, April 15, Arrivedyederdny. —Ships Alfred, Che vers, New- York ; Aleyone Muir, Liverpool j brig Augusta, Livermoie, New-York ; steamboats Lamar, Lyon, Aliens ti; steamboat I Iglethorpe, Wil iams, Augusta. Went to sea. —Brig Washington, Evans, Havana. Charleston, April 1(1. Arrived yesterday —Barque Elizabeth, Swan, Liverpool; schr Albemarle, Dowdy, Elizabeth, N. C. 1 Cleared— sehr Pocahontas. Tat*, Mobile.