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HA.\K RKI’OKTS.
Monroe Rut Roak & Bk’o C'i>.
Macox, April 10, 1839,5
Tohis Excellency (iiom.Kß. GflMKit, Gov'i.
Dr.att Hih :—I hand you the Benti-unnyal re
port of litis mstilution, showing its slate mill
ronJilion on the first Monday of this instant, to
grille.- with u list of the Huickholders.
Tire lute proscription on the part of the Au
gusta Hanks, ami in other portions of this State,
as relates to the credit of this institution, has
much reduced our circulation and specie linids—
this policy has iieeo adopted for reasons best
known to lhe.msalves.
Our road is in complete, and successful opera
tion from Macon lo Forsyth. The extension be
yond Forsyth is located to Barnesvillc, fourteen
miles—the first seven miles is taken hy four re
sponsible contracting companies, at cash rales, to
receive in payment one-fourth cash, and three
fourths in stock ; nnd I have not the least doubt
hut within this year wo will locate the entire road
to the Slate work, and have uttder contract thirty
or f*rrly miles on the above conditions, unless the
B ink of Augusta should have the power to pre
vent. . (
This report has boon delayed by reason of th* ,
mail failing lo bring the report from our agency
at Caaaville, in due time.
I am respectfully,
Vour oli't. serv't,
L. L. GRIFFIN, Pres’t.
Statement of the Monroe Rail Road and Bank
ing Co., on Monday morning, Aprd 1, 1839.
nn.
To Bank Capital, $311,159 00
“ Railroad Capital, 311,160 00
632,300 00
“ Bank Capital ex
tension, 0 530 00
** Railroad do do 6,5.10 00
13,060 00
« Dank hills issued, 342.000 00 !
“ do da on hand 131,415 09
*• da doincircu- |
lalion, 210,585 01 ”
“ Discount account 10,702 75 I
“ do on Bills
of Exchange 1,809 23 ,
12,511 98 1
n Amount due to i
other Banks 1,286 93 .
«Time Checks 65.125 00 J
“ Duel limed dividends 1.913 13
“ Railroad receipts, (from Jan. 25) 2,060 16 „
“ Individual depoaites 18,982 38 ~
“ Conditional do 50,000 00 j
$977,823 58
cn. j
By disbursements on p
Railroad and real |j
estate 458,203 44 \
“ do on extension p
above Foray lit 1,553 77 j.
459,756 21 V
“ Notes discounted j]
all good 282,645 09 (j
“ Notes discounted j.
lying over all good 40,010 00 p
“ Notes discounted g
under protest, all jy
Rood 1,580 00 s
“ Notes iliscotinted y
in suit all good 22,271 00 (
“ Notes discounted •[
doulitful, and ly- j,
ing over 2 994 73 p
349,600 82 )
“ Bills of Exchange j
running to malu- t
rily, good 82,130 75
“ Bills of Exchange
lying over, good 5,141 69
87,278 44
“ Amount due from other Bunks 13,050 03
“Uilfereneo in account with Agency 385 71
“ Salary account 3,124 99
“ Tremium do 656 49
“ Frolost do 63 00
“ Expense Jo 1,031 41
“ Repairs do on Railroad 777 10
“ Slate Coin’s, < heck on Georgia
Railroad Hunk, Hr. Augusta 3,004 73
Cash Account.
In Specie 29,276 80
“ (pros.) bills of other
Banks 9,730 00
“ Checks and eviden
ces of cash 14,870 85
“ ( ertificateu of de
positc 5,397 00
59,184 65
$977,823 58
Gt.onr.iA, Bibb count tj.
Personally appeared before me, Abram B.
Adams, a Notary Public, in mid lor ssid county,
L. L. Griitin, President, mid Jeremiah Leak,
Cashier, of the Monroe Railroad and Bunking
Company, who being duly sworn, say, the above
is a true statement taken from the Books of the
Monroe Railroad and Banking Company, on
Monday morning, April 1, 1839.
L. L. GRIFFIN, President.
JEREMIAH LEAK, Cashier
Sworn to and subscribed before me in Macon,
April 10, 1839.
ABRAM B. ADAMS, Not. Pub.
A I.if cf the Stockholders of the Monroe Railroad
and U inking Company of Georgia.
Stockholders. Ko.Shares. Am*t. paid.
Robeit Ahen, 100 ItJ.OuO
John 11. Milner, ' 25 2,5 m)
Amos Benton, 16. t IG.ltuO
Alfred Brooks, 268 26,809
Marshall Blaunt, 10 l,noo
S. W. Burney, 10 1,090
Charles V. Caldwell, 105 10 SUO
Anthony Coiart, 10 4,000
Cuihhert > oilier, 20 2,000 |
Diewry M. Cox, 15 1,500
A isolam 11. C.iappell, 20 2,000
Elhrige ti. Cahauiss, 10 1,000 i
Matthew T. Cahtwell, C 600 |
Dunn & Martin, 8 > 8,010
Joint Daily, 100 Li 000
D.ivdD..ny, 10 1,000
Benjamin D vis, 10 1,000
James Dixon, C 6>o
Robert Fmdly, 10 1,000
Larkin Gnllin, 67 5 700
Joan G. Hill, 16 10 6<o
Thaddeus G. Holt, 50 6,000
Benjamin F. Harris, H O Itl.OnO
Benjamin Hopkins, 10 l.otO
George W. Hansford, 5 500
Joseph Hill, 10 1,000
\\ itham Johnson, £2 3,200
Etostus W. Jones, ItO 10,000
James Johnson, 7 700
Abraltam Johnston, 6 600
David Johnston, 4 400
Lo. Win Joint on, 1 100
Daniel Johnson, 1 100
James B. Di n an, 50 5,000
H. and J. Land, 100 Io.oQO
11. W. Brunson, 25 2 500
Samuel Maltax, 40 4 000
Daniel Mi Kay, 31 3 100
Timothy Manh’ws, 30 3.000
William McKeuncy, 20 2,000
Wdl,am Maddox, 3 300
Benjamin Maddox, 3 300
James A. Nisbct. 10 1,000
<8 muo l Pattons. 30 0,000
I
W ihiam H. Richards, 25
Rea At Cotton, ?. 20 S,OO
W dhtml Boy uUiii, so - 00.
Henry Solomon, 800 ~ >0«li
Joint a Solomon, £ •’>(» 6,i (0
Parker Bason, I 5 I ~)0(
Willi..in Simmons, 1 ’“O'
• John \V. Strother, SO S,00(
Frederick Sand ford, 61 6,101
James VV. Tinsley, 50 o,oo'
K. B. Thompson, 30 3,001
Aaron Talniudgc, 10 1,001
Isaac Winship, 25 ~ 501
Igdoliuh Wood, 50 5,001
Charles Whitlock, 2 SOI
Khali W. Wells, SO S,00(
William L. Wilson, 15 1.501
Thomas I’. Stubbs, 20 ;!,00(
A, M. U. King, '« '-60C
Ahraham Lake, 50 5,O0(!
James Whatley, IS 1,200
Joseph Day, 60 8,00(1
G. D. Sharp. 30 0,000
Willis J. Milnor, 10 1.000
Jonas Shivers. 10 1,000
Pitt S. Milner, 10 1.0.10
Benjamin Brandy, 20 2,000
Hardaway Collier, 10 1,000
Thomas Dyson, 80 2,000
James 11. Starke, 100 10,000
John .Marlin, 13 1,300
O. W. Cox, 30 3,000
Hendly Varner, 74 7,400
Ahel liurge, 5 500
Jno. J. Groves, 30 2,000
Peter Randle, 50 5,000
Jeremiah Leak, 10 1,000
Myron Hard it, 25 2 500
Thomas D. Walker, 50 6,000
Frederick H. Reeves, 26 2.500
Hardy Durham, 50 6,000
Thomas J. Perryman, 60 5 000
James Anthony, 20 2,000
Robert Bedingticld, 100 10,000
Dread R. Hill, 20 2,000
Peter G. Thompson, 300 3 ’,OOO
George VV. Welch, 100 10,000
Daniel Sand.ord, 20 2,000
Reuben A. Nash, 65 6 ; 5oO
John Redding. 50 5,000
Wi liam E. Nall, 10 1,000
Lcmic W. Ward, 100 10,000
Archibald M. Nall, 26 2,500
Isaiah Chapman, H'O 10,000
Amos Harris, 50 5 000
William Solomon, 126 12.600
John Glover, 200 20,000
Jordon VV. Lre, 60 5,000
Harwell Jordan, 100 10,000
T. M. N. Phillips, 100 10,00(1
Kel y Glover, 100 10,010
John 8. Childers, 50 5,000
Edward Swcarcngen, 0 000
John Johnston, 25 2,500
lob Taylor, 100 10,000
11. T. Ohar, 30 3,000
Robert L. Donean, 25 2,600
William H. Parker, 110 11,000
lioht. M. Still, 3 300
E. U. Weed, 4 400
Wigly & Hart, 30 3 000
Benjamin F, Keen, 10 1,000
Bhapman Uuder, 35 3 500
lames H. Hill, 10 1,000
Louisa M. Hill, 10 1,000
Sarah Hill, 10 1,000
Mary Hill, 10 1.000
Susan D. Hill, It) 1,000
William M. Hill, 10 1,000
Galanas W. Johnston, 20 2,000
Thomas M. Gorman, 25 2.600
Sterling Lanier, 12 1,200
Park & Tcttrce, 10 1.000
deck At Dobbins, 5 5' 0
James Glenn, 5 500
William Narris, 33 3 200
William D. Whitehead, 25 2,500
William Reek, 0 600
Mercer University, 2 200
L. L. Gridin, 503 50,300
Daniel Gridin, 100 10,000
John Pint-hard, 25 2,500
Clarke Humil, 10 1,000
0,223 622,300
SECOND DIVISION', AtIOVE IOItHTEII.
Stockholder*. No. Sharps. Am’t paid.
Edward D. Tracy, It! 00
R. 11. Randolph, 10 00
Allen Fleming, I 00
Isaac Scott, 5 00
Jeliew Campbell, 2 00
Thomas A. drown, 3 00
William Gunnn, 3 30
Henry L. Cook, 2 20
David Reid, 1 10
David Reid, Trustee, I 10
Robert Caldwell, 5 50
James Whatley, 10 100
Charles G. Turner, 10 100
Pleasant M. Compton, 1 10
Thomas Dttahiss, 5 50
Merton Bledsoe, 10 100
Robert H. Sanders, 3 30
A. F. Thompson, 4 40
Seolt Cray, 5 60
C. G. St. Johns, I 10
VI. Danielle, 10 100
M. N. Burch, 10 100
Ambrose Baber, 100 1,000
H. Craft, It) 100
Wrigly & Hart, 5 50
D. D. Butler, 5 50
J. Goaddard, 10 100
J. T. Rowland, 2 2o
H. Fitch, 1 10
Thomas King, 3 20
George A. Kimberly, 3 30
Rea & • otton, 20 20n
Elam Alexander, 10 100
John S. Winn, 5 50
Winn & Shannon, 6 50
j R. K. Evans, 5 50
1 Siam Rose, 2 20
| Isaac Holmes, 1 10
j John 11. Oldrrsbaw, 5 50
J. 11. & W. S. Ellis, 10 II 0
1 W. P. Rowland, 1 10
I G. W. Trice & Co. 1 10
j Sterling Lanier. 3 30
Alexander Richards, 10 ti ll
■ Harvey Shalwell, 5 50
i W. J. Hobby. 3 3i
j Church dc Strong, 5 5t
George Jewett, 10 10(
| James B. Ayres, 3 21
; William Fo.l, 10 10(
I F. Simms, 1 It
1 John L. Jones, 3 3t
Charles Campbell, 10 10(
■ John P. Evans. 1 II
MayorCounc:! City ofMucoti 50(1 6,001
| Gideon Barncr, 6 5(
j Jos ab Holmes, 10 101
| Stephen J. Brown, 6 5(
Lion Trainer, 10 lot
John R. Jenkins, 10 10(
Seaborn Covington, 10 In
G. W. Horn I, 10 Hi.
j Lake Brown, 5 5'
j Francis 8. Matthews, 10 10
Henderson Duncan, 2 2
Thomas B.Go man, 15 15
i Thom is Hardeman, 10 10
Hamilton & Reynolds, 20 20
Ja nes Horsley, SO SO
i Cal 4. Co id. n,' I 1
A. H. Moore, 10 10
j A. S. Murry, * 5 5
i fv.'imi. 1 Weems, 5 5
I
JO i Janos J. Davis. o
)0 Pitt W. Wilier. 10
)0 William P. Mclson, 10
10 William Lavandcr, 10 100
)0 Andrew Derrick, - " l)
)0 John G. Tvris, 10 >OO
HI John Addins, 10 *OO
to Joseph Atkins, ®
)0 Jonathan M. Peek, 0
tO Jacob H. blokes, “0
)0 Levi Cioud, 10
ill Ezekiel Cloud, 10 100
)0 Stephen Malone, 6 , 50
Id Messrs. I'cek & Dobbins, 50 nOU
to James McConnel, •’
10 Charles Bayne, 0 00
10 H.W. Tindill, 9 M
0 William Brown, 10 100
0 I William Barfield, 5 00
0 A. H. Chappell, 10 100
0
0 1,300 13,000
it
Pi.antkns’ & Mechanics’ Bank,?
Columbus, Ga., April 2d, 1839. 5
j To his Excellency, George R. Gilmer,
j Governor, Milledgdville:—
) Sir—Herein I have the honor to enclose an
1 exhibit of the state of this Bunk, on Monday the
( Ist of April, 1830, and a list of the Stockholders
i therein, agreeably to the Law of the State of
Georgia, in that ease provided,
Very respectfully, yours,
I). McDOUGALD, President.
Genu al Statement of the Planters 4- Mechanics’
Bank of C ilumbus, on Monday morning.
April lit, 1839.
Capital Stock, $260,000
Notes of tho Bank issued, 500 000
do do do on hand, 190,775
Dn.
do do do in circulation, 309,225
Individual deposites, 82 848 38
Due to other Bunks and Corporations, 15 906 32
Due to Agents, 95 994 99
Dividend No. 1, 1,934
Discount Account, 10.934 48
Surplus Fund, 24.929 18
$800,184 32
Ck.
Notes discounted running tomatu- *
rity, $226,733 33
Bills of exchange running to matu
rPy 011 Now-York, 399,CCG 07
Bills of exchange running to ma
turity on other places, 3,193 50
Due by other Banks and Agents, 25 446 74
Incidental expenses, 869 30
Banking House and Lot, 13,389 75
Salaries, 872 98
Specie, 104 449 19
Notes of other Banks, 26,825
Corporation and Individual Change
Bills, 395 96
$800,184 32
Georgia, Muscogee county:
Personally came Daniel McDougald, Presi
dent, and M. Robertson. Cashier, of the Planters
and Mechanics’ Bank of Columbus, and being
duly sworn, say that the above is a correct ex
hibit, according to the Books of said Bunk.
D. McDOUGALD, President.
M. ROBER TSON, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 2d day
of April, 1839.
THOS. J. SHIVERS, Notary Public.
List of Stockholders of the Planters and Me
chanics' Bank of Columbus.
1 SHARKS. RADI IN
Hampton S. Smith, 525 13,125
John Banks, 300 7.500
A. U. Ragan, 221 5,585
: Thomas R. Gold, 59 1,250
! Matthew Robertson, 138 3,450
! James N. Bethuno, 188 4,700
Thomas Watson, 69 1,725
| Wiley B. Ector, 2UO 5,000
Abraham Key, 20 500
James B. Ghent, 50 1,250
A. O. H. A. & T. N. Blockmar, 2 59
Estate George W r . Heard, 50 1,250
Hu. A. Haralson, 50 1,250
' James F, Foster, 50 1,250
! Read & Talbut, 200 5,000
| Thomas ( Berry, 100 2,500
t Williams & Herring, 200 5,000
Michael W. Perry, 421 10 525
t Daniel McDougald, 612 15 300
I John Page, 100 2,500
. Hardy Crawford, 50 1,250
. Hinds Holt, jr., 300 7,500
. Thomas Morris, IG9 4,225
I Dozier Thornton, 476 11,900
! L. U. Moody, 100 2.500
, John Peabody, 100 2,500
j Lucas & Brooks, 100 2,500
I Matthew R. Maiks, 4 100
I Henry Harris, 10U 2,500
, Alex. J. Robinson, 100 2 500
, James M. Chambers, 250 0,250
, George Smith, 200 6.000
I Jacob Fogle, 50 1,250
I Henry F. Wimberly, 300 7,500
j William Perry, 300 V,500
, M. W. Perry, trustee for Mary
, McLendon, 2 50
I James C. Watson, 1033 25,825
, Thomas W. Watson, 100 10,000
I Shadrach Perry, 600 15.000
. John E. Morgan, 300 7.500
, Wm. A. Redd, 300 7 500
, Wm. Redd, sr., 300 7 500
Holt & Persons, «00 2,500
David P. Hillhouse, 400 20,000
, Abner 11. Flcwcllcn, 200 5 OCO
j Joel Hunt, sr.. 100 8,500
. Thus. F. Foster, adm'r of Thomas
Grant, 100 2,500
j J a tors W. Cato, 20 500
’ 10,000 $260,000
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, OcMfioEE B’k or the State of Ggobria
| Macon. April 1, 1839.5
0 I To his Excellency George R. Gilmer :
0 S r: —ln accordance w ith an act of the Lrgis
() lalure of the State, 1 herewith transmit to you 0
() statement of the uiT.ibs of this Institution —lo-
„ gelher with n list of its Stockholders,
m Your obedient servant,
:0 GEO. JEWETT, President.
Stale if the Ocmulgte Bunk of the Stale of Geer
!o g.a, on Monday morning, Apr.l Isf, 18S9.
)0 Du.
10 To Capital Stock, 500,000
;0 This sum paid in 209 400
pi “ Discount Account, 7,544 23
)0 “ Depositors, 7,558 35
iO “ Due other Banks, 132,545 12
19 *• Dividend No. one, 1.861 20
)0 « Notes in Circulation, 225,710
•9 “ Checks on Time, 70,575
10
)0 | $655 434 20
JO Cn.
j 0 | By Geo. Female College, 15.000
50 j “ Dis. Notes, all good, 148,617 85
50 j “ Dis. bond, good, 20,000
10 “ Exchange running to
DO I matu ily, all good, 341,202 65
10 “ Due by other Banks, 12,158 93
00 ’ “ Protest Account, 27
50 j “ Protested exchange good 2,0«0
50* - Note in suit, good, 3,590
I •• Notes under protest ali
good 1,230 ■■
“ Banking house & Lot 1,935 . t
Cush Balance. . r
“ Gold and silver in vault 85,302 77 j i
“ Specie Certificates, 40(> i
“ Total Specie, 85,702 77 r
| “ < hecks on Augusta, 1,000 i
I “ Notes of other B’k* 20,070 1
106,773 77 ,
655 434 30 [
i
Grottoia, Dibit County. t
Personally appeared George Jewett, President. ,
and J.T. Lamar, Cashier of the Ocmulgoe Dank
of the State of Georgia, who being duly sworn,
depose and say that the foregoing is a true state
ment of the condition of said bank on the morn
ing of the Istinst.. to the best of their knowledge '
and belief. GEO. JEWETT, President,
J. T. LAMAR, Cashier. s
Sworn to and subscribed before me this First *
day of April, 1830. W. HUNT, Not. Puli.
Bibb county. |
Names of Stockholders in the. Oemulgte Bank if '
the State of Georgia.
IVAMKS. SHAUKS.
Abram Blanding, President, 2500 t
J. Hamilton, trustee, 500 I
Robert Collins, 275 b
M. O. Mordocai, 25 1
Eliza Lamar, 100
William Patton, 25
William B. Johnston, 60
James Legnre, 25
George Jewett, 235
Henry G. Lamar, 110 0
E. Sinclair, 50 f
8. Trapman, 25 8
David Flanders, 50 j
Charles Collins, 150 ,
Este 11. B. Lamar, 150
M. N. Burch, 100 c
John D. Winn, 50 ( f
William Searcy, 100 ,
Alex. Black, 25 1
Wm, Griggs, 25 ,
Henry G. Lamar and?™ . ,- A ,
John'Basil Lamar, $ 150 1
J. E Holmes, 25
William G. Little, 26 !
Robert Beasly, 10
H. G. Lamar, trustee, 10
James Waken.an, 50
Thos. Thweatt, 50
Gazaway Davis, 50
J. D. Stiles, 10
C. A. Maywood', 25
J. C. Ker, 25
I
5000 1—
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. :
A II G USTA.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 27. 1
The Columbus Argus, the Editor of which is J
a Slate Rights man, has come out for Mr. A an
Uuren. The other Van Duron papers arc
chuckling over the matter as if it were one cf i I
| J
great importance, and from which great conse- j (
qucnccs were to flow. The Southern Banner
even predicts that no opposing Electoral ticket j
will he run in Georgia. Last year the sane pa-
pers raised a great shout over the People’s Press, j
when it took the same course, and almost flatter- . t
cd its Editor into tire belief that he was not only *
s
a great man, but that he would curry the State '
with him. Notwithstanding all this, however, c
we elected our ticket very handsomely, and 1
what was most strange, those whom the Peo- |
pie’s Press most opposed, generally received
the highest vote. We arc not surprisd as r
the course of the Argus—it is only acting
out the quo unimo with which it was es
tablished. Like the People’s Press, it will fail in ]
its object of dividing the State Rights party. —
For when the proper time comes that party will
nominate a ticket for whomsoever is the choice (
of the party for President, and that ticket will be
elected. \
“The Southern Harp,” is the title of a new
Semi-monthly Journal, devoted to the science of
Music, published in this city, by Victor La 1 astc.
The first number was issued on Saturday last, the
20th instant.
(Tj- We understand that Major Crawford,
State agent, lias made to the Bank of Augusta
an advantageous sale of five per cent, bonds or
certificates of State debt, authorized by an act of
llie last General Assembly, to complete the con
struction of the “ Western and Atlantic rail-road
of Georgia.”
The New York Courier and Enquirer, says*
.‘ln our Colton market of Saturday, an increased
activity was experienced, and sales ot upwards
of 1700 bales were made at full prices. Not
withstanding the large stock in port holders are
offering supplies very sparingly, not more than
j 4000 or 5000 bales being in the market.
! Tar. G a cat Wf.steun took her departure
from New York on Monday last, full of passen
gers—indeed, the consignee was obliged to re- '
jeet a number of applicants.
A noon xami; —They have in Mobile an as
! sociation called the Torrent Fire Company. If ;
they only act up to this appellation in casting
torrents upon a fire, tho incendiaries in that city !
need’nt go to any extra trouble in firing budd
ings.
StBAM APTLIKI) TO Ft AT UoATS.—Tlloßa. l
| ton Rouge Gazette n cations a late arrival at that
| place ofa Bn ad-horn, having a steam engine on
j board, with acorn mill, shelling machine, dec.
\ The Engine propels the boat, shells, fans and
| grinds the corn.
Capl. Ross, the Arctic discoverer, is about to
proceed to the Antarctic Circle—on a similar sir"
vice, with the ships Erebus and Terror.—Magnet
ic observations arc tho especial purpose ul ll.e
, expedition.
The new law in Mississippi against gambling,
prohibits betting upon the resut of am cock ght
or duel." The last wo d is it.l nduced lecuse
it is not uncommon in that Stale to n ake wagirs
upon the result of affairs of honor hot ween men
as well as upon those between chickens or bull
j terriers.
I
Bank of Darien.
The Darien Herald aays:—We publish to-day
the semi-annual Report of lire Bank of Daiicn,
and arc gratified to find by the exhibit which is
made, that our remarks cn a foi trier occasion in
relation to the entire solvency of this institution
were well founded—and that all alarm created
among those who held the hills of the Bank should
at once subside. The pressure upon this Bank
has been very great, and while there was any hope
of being sustained there was no restraint laid up
on either its specie or specie funds, as must be
evident to any one who will do it the justice to
examine its report —and not until circumstances
beyond their control, in a very unexpected mo
ment, compelling the directors, did they resoit to
a suspension.
Tallahassee, April 20.
On the -Ith hist., a scouting party under Lieu
tenants Todd and Monroe, while scouring Cook’s
Hammock, on the bteenehatchie, discovered a
single Indian track. This was followed until the
trail became large, leading to the camp of the In
dians. The party cautiously approached until
within a very sh »rt distance, with every proba
bility of surprising the camp, when the alarm
was given by a squaw. The Indians were tired
upon by the troops as they fled from the camp,
hut with little onto effect. A large amount of
plunder, clothing, trinkets, and provisions left in
the earnp were destroyed by the troops. The
Indians, as usual, escaped by their fleetness, and
belter acquaintance witli the hiding places in the
hammock.
From the New-York Star.
Albany, Sunday, April 21, 1829.
Public conversation is absorbed to-day with an
awful fire, whxh destroyed in the forepart of Inst
evening 40 buildings chiefly two story, of wood,
and including the Methodist church. The loca
tion is on Lydius and South Pearl sts. Total
loss §140,000. Insured §60,000. The Roman
Catholic Church escaped by a miracle. The con
gregation turned out en mwst and removed a mass
oflumlcr, which cut off the communication.—
[Esprit dc corps.] The poor Irish stiff-red.—
Much furniture and several shops were destroyed.
Two engines came down from Troy, one from
Wrst Troy, and two from Greonbush. So much
for well timed aid, for there arc hut nine working
engines in this largo city. But for the N. W.
wind, which blew a gale, half the city would
have gone. It is quite cold here of a morning
early, and the ice skims on the river’s margin,
and the wind creaks through the cordage as in a
gale at sea. It’s another climate above the gorge
of the Highlands.
The Creek Indians.
A correspondent of the Gazette, writing from
the Creek Nation, unde- date of March 16. gives
an interesting account of a meeting between the
two districts: (the Upper and Lower towns,) of
this nation, which, took place on the 17lh of Feb
ruary ; being the first time they have assembled
together in council for upwards of sixteen years;
during which time they have been continually at
variance with each other, and. with the exception
of language and a lew ancient customs, formed a
distinct and separate nation. Os the origin of
this difference between the two parties, which we
feel curious to learn, the writer says nothing.
Will he, or some other person inform us?
The writer says the Lower Towns, or M’lntosh
party, reside upon the Arkansas river, with Roly
M’Ditodr as their principal chief, and the others,
the Upper towns, who formed the emigration of
1860 and 1837, have fixed their habitations upon
the two forksofthe Canadian river, with (Jpoth
loyoholo as their head man and chief counsellor,
though nominally. Little Doctor ranks as their
principal chief. Near 1500 were assembled on
the council ground; about 1000 of whom, from
the Upper Towns, had come to make peace attd
sit in council with their brethren of the Lower
Towns. After performing their peace rites and
ceremonies the several chiefs delivered their talks,-
the general object of which was to congratulate
each other upon the prospect of peace and union
being once more restored to tiro Muscogces.
Their talks are described as possessing great
native eloquence, —and the ease and grace of their,.-
gestures, us very pleasing.
The London Spectator, in speaking of Lord
Durham’s Report on Canadian Allairs, says;
“It should ho as gratifying to the American
People as to the Colonists whom it most concerns.
For the first time, an eminent English statesman
treats Colonists with the respect which is due to
a free People; concealing nothing from tin in, not
attempting to delude them with vague generali
ties,but admitting and enforcing their just causes
of complaint proving their grievances, and in
sisting that their interests should he consulted, by
allowing them to manage their own local afluirs
in theirown way. For the first time, an eminent
English statesman officially avows his respect for
the Anglo-Saxon people of the United States, and
honestly attributes their wonderful career of pros
perity to the English principle of local self-gov
ernment, which they inherited from their ances
tors and ours. Wellington andJPeel seem to long
for a war with America, or to imagine (hat they
can avert it by denunciation and threats. Lord
Durham shows in what utter ignorance they have
charged the American Government with had faith;
proves that whatever risk there may hoof a war
on the Canadian frontier is owing to the lawless
and disorganized state of the British dominions;
and declares that it is only by giving a govern
ment to our own people, who have had none, that
we can hope to avert collision, which may end in
war. Which is the better statesmanship—which
the wiser diplomacy—Peel’s or Durham’s ! We
need not stop to ask a question about the policy
of such a nullity as the Melbourne Cabinet.”
‘•Dim erous Personal!.v Responsible.” —
The Now York Sun says : this clause in the char
t rof the Dcllcvile Bank, duly displayed on die
ft e of its hills to gain them confidence, has hren
adroitly frustrated by an expedient worthy of the
whole character of the institution. The regular
annual appointment of directors took place in
February hist, and, to evade the responsibility
whii h would fall upon them when the hunt up,
un i u htedly foreseen I y them, shou’d take place,
they neglected being sworn into the dhertion,
and now claim the immunity from responsibility
vvhi h they allege they have thus secured to them
selves. IfG-w. Pennington and the receivers he
has appointed for this swindling concern, do not
proceed to the extremes! verge ol the law in deal
i ig with these gen lemen. they will show them
selves unfit for their stations. We nuirh mistake,
if the criminal law concerning frauds does not
completely envelope those patent directors neck
and tua Is.
Fu -Marine Explosions.—An expo iment
w is mat e with complete sucres-with one of Dan
iel’s galvanic batteries, under the superintendence
of Col. Ptdsry, of the Royal Eneince s, at half
pist two o’clock la<t Saturday, ofi’tho.gun wharf,
< h th in 3511)8. of powder were exploded in about
10 fathams of water, the length of the wire con
veying the electric fluid 1 eing 500 feet, it caused
a most tremendous explosion. Thico smaller
ones were tried, hut only one sti -cerded. There
was a numerous assemblage of spectators.— Maid.
Journal.
lowa. —This name is said to he derived from
the Fox In bans, v h i when they first behold tho
I entities of that recion of country, held up their
hands, and exclaimed in -n extacy of del ght .and
amazement I O-W-A—which in the Fox lan
guage means, “ Thi* is the land-''
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j / t, ' m lne BitSthaort Americnu <;/ ,/, c 3m!.
Death of General Canine] Smith.
! ‘^? e< °’ !r P* infu! dut >’ to record tire
<!t jlh ot one ut our moot aged an.,! public snirited
j citizen,,. General Samuel Smith, late Mayor > f
1i ’, 7' th l,lc ,lls:! ’ r y °* whifli he lia.s bet i,
1 idem lied almost from the lime of its earliest
foundation. As a soldier of the Revolution, the
subject ol tuts notice wn. connected with some of
he most prominent events of our struggle for
freedom; whilst as n merchant and eilizr-ii he has
always sustained the highest consideration. To
his enterprise our city has been indehled as much
perhaps as to lh,.t of any other individual for its
ra id commercial advancement, and although the
latter years of his life were chequered by vicissb
tudes well calculated to shake the sternest firm
uess he met them with fortitude, and he main,
mned to the end the hold which former times
ad given him on the allections of his fellow
townsmen. Iho circumstances attending his
death were somewhat peculiar. Having return
cd home yesterday from a morning ride, the Gen
eral had thrown himself on a sofa for repose, and
was ouud dead hy a servant who entered the
apaitment a short tune afterwards. Full of dm #■,
yoars, and oi honors, Gen’l Smith has thus depar- V V
ed in peace, leaving behind him a large column-a
miy to regret the loss of one who had been so
long and advantageously connected with their
most important interests. General Smith was
in Ins eighty seventh year.
Guua—i his island, which covers an urea of
about forty-three thousand square miles; has a
hue o! sea-coast ot about sixteen hundred miles
has nine ports open to foreign rommerec, one of
which is “as a commercial city, second to none
m the new world, New York excepted,” has a
population amounting to about one million of
souls, who, in the last year maintained a foreign i
exporting and importing business exceeding forty- ’
three million ot dollars, after paying taxes to an
amount which, in the year 1827, when its ex
porting and importing business fell, somethin-*
short of thirty-two millions, exceeding fourteen
millions; and the rule of which has not since de
creased; mid the government of which is an ab
solute monarchy, maintained by ihc bayonet.
IxipoiiTANT Dec,siox.—Judge Thompson,
Indiana, has lately made the following decision in
regard to subscribers to newspapers:
{"hat it a subscriber to a periodical fails to no
tify the editor to discontinue the paper at the end
ot the term subscribed for, or pav up the arrear
ages, he was bound so. another year.”
Father hadn't you uetteii take a Sheep
10 °- valued friend and an able fanner, who
about the time o( the temperance reform was be
ginning to exert a healthful influence in the
| neighborhood ol his residence, said to his newiv
, hired man, ‘‘Jonathan, i did not. think to men
tion to you when I hired you, that I think of try
ing to do my work this year without rum. How
much more must I give you to do without I"
“O I don’t care much about it,” replied Jona
than ; “you may give me what you please.”
“Well,” replied the farmer, “I will give you a
sheep m the fall, if you will do without ]”
“Agreed, ’ said Jonathan.
The oldest son thou said, “Father, will you
give me a sheep, if Ido without rum !” / I
es Marshall, you shall have a sheep, if you
will do without.”
The youngest son, a stripling then said, “Fa
ther. will you give me a sheep, it I do withoutl”
“ies. Chandler, you shall have a sheep also,
it you will do without rum.”
Presently Chandler speaks again,—
“ Father, hadn’t you better lake a sheep too !”
I his was a poser. He hardly thought he could
give Up the ‘good creature’ yet. Uut the appeal
was from a source not to he easily disregarded.
I he result was, the demon Rum was thenceforth
ban shed from the premises, to the great joy and
the ultimate happiness of all concerned.
Not a uan hit. —In one of our exchange
papers we find the following:
“ wag is publishing ideas on phrenology.
Hu says that conscientiousness means reading
your neighbor’s newspapers, and not subscribing
yourself.”
—
E/.ua Woosteu, whilome a server of the Bay
State in the Institution at Charlestown, and a man
of much celebrity, for his combination of talent
and villainy throughout that C onnnonwcalth, has
been caught in Texas, at something so far beyond
ordinary rascality, that he was really “smote with
stripes,” two hundred in number, and lashed be-,
yond the border of “the great valley of rascals.”
‘ Naive talent." only is encouraged in that sweet'
republic.
When the celebrated John Horne Tooke was
about to be tried in England for high treason, the
following laconically written communications
took place between himself and counsel :
“ My clear Erskinc,
I think I shall plead my own cause.”
Under the above Mr. Erskine replied, J
“ If you do, you’ll he hanged
To which Horne Tooke finally replied,
“ Then I’ll be hanged if I do.”
Marino a Raise!— A Western editor, who
has just been gelling married, says:—“Every
man, who has a just regard for the welfare of his
country, should raise something /”
Neat Pun. — A printer on seeing a sheriff
closely pursuing an unfortunate author, remarked,
that “ it was a new edition of the ‘ Pursuits of Lit
erature,’ unbound and hot pressed."
A Ccm leu in one of the eastern cities thus an
nounces his calling : “Surgery performed here
upon old hoots and shoes, by adding to the feet,
making good the legs, binding the broken, healing
the wounded, mending the constitution, and sup
porting the body with soles.”
Cj” HIGHLY IMPORT-‘WVT.
Nervous di-eases, liver complaint, bilious dis
eases, piles, rheumatism, consumption, coughs,
colds, pain in the chest and side, ulcers, all deli
cate and mercurial diseases are successfully treated
at Dr. EVANS’S Office, IUO Chatham-strcet, New-
York.
DR. WILLIAM £ PANS’ MEDICINES,
Are composed of vegetable substances, which exert
a speeibc action upon the lieai t, give an impulse or .
strength to the arterial system ; tiie b ood is quick
ened and equalized in its circulation through al: the
vessels, whether of tac skin, the parts situated in
ternally, or the extremities-, and as a I the seen
tious of the body are drawn from the blood, there
is a consequent increase of every secretion, and a
quickened action of the absorbent and exlialcnt, or
disclia-ging vessels. Any morbid action winch
may have taken place is corrected, all obstructions
are removed, the blood is purified, and the body ic*» 1
sumes a hca thful state. {
These medicines after much anxious toil and re
search, having been brought by the proprietor to
the present state of perfection, supersede the use of ♦
the innumerable other medicines j and are so well
adapted to the frame, that the use of them, by main
taining the body in the due performance of its
functions, and preserving the vital stream in a pure
and healthy state, causes it to last many years long
er than it otherwise would, and the mind to be
come so compo-ed and tranquil, that o'd age when
it arrives will appear a blessing, and not (as too
many , who have, neglected, their constitutions, ot
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