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HANK REPORTS.
Ornrß Aioisi » Ins. A Hi.'n Co. 7
15th April. I h;»0. 5
Eo Ills Execllcn y Gin mu; li. Uii.mi.u ;
S u :—ln Compliance with law and usage, 1
have (he honor to hand you the semi-annual
statement of the actual condition of this Institu
tion on the Ist mst.
The aggregate receipts of the olTicc for the
Inst half year, with iho amount at the credit of
profit and loss, is 106,644 dollars and 40 rents,
a min giving the best evidence of its good condi
tion and general prosperity. There are, how
ever, claims against this ollico, to amount nearly
60.000 dollars, not yet adjusted—springing
chiefly from the late disastrous tire at Mobile.
1 have the honor, Ate.
PETER BENNOCH, Pros’t.
Statement of the Augusta Insurance and Bonking
Coupiny, un Monday, I*/ April, 1839.
To Capital Mock, 500,000 00
“ depositee, 43,740 69
41 dividends unpaid 1,403 00
“ surplus and gross profits 100,044 40
“ amount duo to other banks 102,237 73
“ damaged cotton account 115 31
“ bills issued 062,000
“ on hand 387,090
In circulation 274,910 00
$1,089,062 09
By notes payable at Augusta 470,587 15
“ bills and notes lying over 39,748 43
« do in suit 14,210 27
>• do receivable 10,519 04
“ exchange in New York, Phila
delphia, Charleston, and (Sa
vannah 202,711 43
“ Mechanic’s bank stock 2,000 00
“ Insurance do 58,429 00
* l amount due by nthot banks and
agents 30,550 38
“ real estate in Augusta and Mo
bile 40,125 30
“ suspended debt in Mobile 921 07
“ protest aheount 90 50
“ losses paid, incidental charges, &c. 12,590 07
“ insurance dues 12,960 75
« bills of other Hanks,
(including eh. 8,000
in checks b’k,) 90,341 13
Cold and silver in vault 43,277 4*o 133,013 13
1,089,002 09
Personally appeared before me, the President
nrd Cashier i f the Augusta Insurance and
Hanking Company, who being duly sworn, cer
tify that the foregoing statement and list of
(Stockholders annexed, arc correct—unsettled ac
counts and claims excepted.
PETER DENNOCH, President.
ROBERT WALTON, Cashier.
■Sworn to before me this 15th day of April, 1839.
OBOROE W .SUMMERS, Not. Pub.
At a meeting of the Board, the following re
port was presented and accepted :
The undersigned committee, appointed to ex
amine the Hills of Exchange and Notes of the
Augusta Insurance and Hanking Company, on
hand, have performed that duty, and are of
opinion that there is the sum of three thousand
eight hundred and fifty-two 15-100 dollars, in
doubtful paper, and five hundred and nine 46-100
dollars in had paper.
WM. HARPER, )
•ItIS. DAVIS, CCommittee.
1). VV.St. JOHN, j
List of Stockholders of Ihe Augusta Insurance
and Hanking Company.
SITAUFS.
A. T. Alexander, 100
Hom e, VV. ,1. 50
Iteiindch, Peler 12
Hones, John 25
do Trustee to T. A. Hones, 13
do do M. O. W.B. 13
do do H. E. As
Campbell, estate John 50
Campbell, Robert 50
Campbell. James 140
Campbell, J., Trustee C. W.C. 170
do do W. C. 10
Conner. 11. W. 40
Crump. Philip 10
Camming, Mrs. Ann 85
Camming, Win. Trustee, S. C. 83
Cumming, 11. If. Trustee Mrs. Smith 33
Camming, Win. and others, Trustee H, 11. C.|33
Cumming, H. 11. and others, Trustee J. 11. C. 33
Poe, Robert, trustee Mrs. S. Davis 33
do Cashier Hank of Augusta, 50
Cox. Edward [155
Crawford, C. A. 40
('.racy. T (J. 27
Carmichael, J. C. 30
Coskay. John 05
Davis, Jos, 50
D’Antigone, Wm. M. 20
Fox, estate of John 100
Eraier, James 210
(ilendiuniug, Wm. 25
Harper, J. and W. 27
Herbert - , estate Joseph 10
King, John P., (iunrd.ch. of E. K., dec’d., 50
Walt >rt, Robert, Cashier 555
Kerr, Andrew 70
Lawrence, 6. 25
Harris, J Uriah 30
do Trustee, 5
Hamilton, T. N. 90
Mealing, Henry 25
Moore, John 100
Nisbet, estate H. 100
Purmeleo, T. J. 185
Purse, Thomas, Trustee S. B. E. Qnnehl, 50
Potter, John 50
Lamar, G. W. Cashier 02
Turpin & D’Antigime, 100
Tubman, Mrs. Emily, Ex’rx. 50
Tubman, estate R. 100
Turpin, W. 11. 140
While, George O. K. 25
White, Anna E. 75
Wnrdlaw. James 25
Turpin. W. H. and W. M. D’Antignac, 115
Coleock. J. and D. Raveuel and others, 310
Smith, H. 200
Nimmo, W. O. 14
Metcalf, T. S. 50
Webster. H. . 25
Moore, Mrs. Frances, 20
Allen, W.J.C. 130
Fox, John, Ex’or. of 5 0
Waters. J., Trustee of A. E, Jackson. 100
Keith, M. 50
Harris, Wm. 125
Pillot A: Lcßarbier, 27
Number of Shares, 5000
Hank ok Brunswick, ?
Him nswu k, April 23d, 1839. y
To his Excellency G. K. Gicmkii, Governor:
Sir —Herein 1 have the honor to enclose an
exhibit of the Mate o( this Hank, on Monday,
hi first of April, 1839, and a list of the slock
h .Ide s therein, agreeable to the law of the State
of Georgia.
Very respectfully.
Your obedient servant,
HENRY DUDIGNON, President.
Statement of the Condition of the Hank if
Hrunsw rk. Oeorgiu.on Monday the Is/ day
of April. 1839, nf the clue of the lai.siucs •>,
rendered in coif nail// to the Act of the 2 Mh
of f):ce nice, 1832
TiAHiirnr'!
Capital Slock, *200,000
Circulation, 07,765
Iliiu to other Hanks, 0,0211 2-,
line to individual ])■ positors, 22,750 I I
Ciosc I’rofils, 1.1,510 01
{5337,100 27
IIESOUIICIiS.
Notes discounted running to ma
turity, all good $109,805 35
Hills ul exchange, running to ma
turity in Richmond, Charles
ton, New York, and Savan
nah, all good 83,254 .10
Due from other Banks in this Stale, 2,231 39
Expenses, 2,115 99
Personal property, 2,375 88
Cash balances due in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and
Charleston, 15,807 71
Notes of other Hanks, 10,748 00
Specie Certificates, 2,830 00
do in Gold and Sil
ver Coin in Vaults
of this Bank, 107,706 19
Uullion, 101 74
110,097 93
$337,100 27
Geo no i x—Glynn Counly.
Before me John M. Kunze, a Notary Public
for the county of Glynn, personally came, Henry
Uuhignon, Esq., President of the Hank of
Brunswick, and I. C. Plant, Esq., cashier of the
said Bank, who being sworn, depose and say,
that the annexed returns exhibit a correct account
of the condition of the Bank of Brunswick on
the first day of this month, according to the
books of the said Hank.
HENRY DITBIGNON, President.
I. C. PI.ANT, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23d
day of April, 1839.
JOHN M. KUNZE, Not. Pub.
List of Stockholders of the. Rank of Bruns
wick, Ga.
Names. Shares. Paid in.
John G. Winter, 1,200 120,600
Henry Uuhignon, 102 10,200
I. C. Plant, 50 5,000
I. 1,. Locke. 12 1,200
Maxwell & Co., 120 12,00(1
.1. D. Bugbee, 20 2,000
E. W. Clark & Co., 80 8,000
E. Withington, 40 4,000
Henry H. Tucker, 100 10,000
Elisha J. Winter, 100 10,000
Miss Elizabeth Winter, 50 5,000
Plant & Norton, 20 2,000
Hilliard, Wade & Co., 100 10,000
2,000 $200,000
CIIUONICL.K AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 11.
The Convention.
The apprehensions under which many have
labored in referaneo to the political tendency of
the measures of this body, will it is feared, from
the letters of our correspondents be fully con
firmed. The object upon which they have been
called to deliberate, being one which addresses
itself to all parties and all interests, it was hoped
that its deliberations would he marked by a spirit
of patriotism—unmixed with that party selfish
ness which has too often given tone and charac
ter to other measures in which the entire people
ol Georgia have before been interested. In this,
we fear, we are destined to he disappointed; and
the evil so long sought to be amended, must, if
corrected at all, be corrected under the domin
ion oi cohsiueruiioim tvitton ran neitnct com
mend themselves to the feelings nor principles of
those acting under their influence. That it is
one of magnitude is admitted by the efforts made
for its correction, and carrying with it ns it has
done, its baneful influence, not to this or that
parly, but to the whole interests of the body politic!
it was justly expected that its correction upon
fair and equitable principles, would meet the
sanction of its members, without reference to
party principles or considerations.
From our Correspondent.
Miu.LiioEvn.LK, May 8, 1839.
The Convention met at 3 o’clock this evening,
in pursuance of previous adjournment, and after
remaining in session a short time, the Committee
of 30 not being yet ready to report, adjourned
till 10 o’clock to-morrow. The Committee of 30
held a long session this afternoon, and much de
bate upon some unimportant questions about print,
ing. The Sub-Committee reported the plan, the
outlines of which Isketched in my letter to vou
this morning; several substitutes were offered and
laid on the table, with a view to have them print
ed. The Committee, without agreeing to any
report, adjourned till 9 o’clock to-morrow morning.
May 9th.
The Committee met at 10 o’clock. A resolu
tion was passed, calling on the Comptroller Gen
eral for the amount of taxes paid by each county
in 1837. A resolution was passed, appointing a
Committee of three to wait on the Committee of
30, to ascertain at whaftimcjthcy would probably
be able to report.
The Committee of three after an absence, re
turn* 1 and reported that the Committee of 30
had made some progress and hoped to be able to
report at 3 o'clock, this afternoon. The Con
vention then adjourned until that time.
12 o’clock.
.Since the adjournment of the Convention, the
Committee of 30 have adopted the following re
port. which will bo submitted to the Convention
this afternoon.
The Committee to whom was retorted the res
olution of the Convention, requiring them to re
port a plan for the reduction of the number of
the Members of the General Assembly oi this
Stale, beg leave to report the following as a sub
stitute for the seventh section of (he first article
ofthc Constitution now in force:
The House of Represent,uivesshall be compo
sed of members from all the. counties which now
are, or hereafter may he included within this
State, according to their respective numbers offree
while persons, and including threu-liftlts of all
the people of color, to be ascertained by an actual
enumeration* to be made from lime to lime, at
intervals of seven years, as now by law provided.
Each county shall be entitled to one member.—
Each county having a representative population
as above specified, of five thousand persons, shall
bo entitled to one additional member, and each
cnintv having such representative population of
twelve thousand persons, shall be entitled to two
I additional members, but no county shall have
t
more than three members.
The number of members of which the House
of Representatives will he composed according to
the aforesaid ratio, and the last census, shall not
hen-alb i be increased, except when a new County
created: tttid it shall he the duty of the Legislature
at their session, to he llolden next after the enu
meration provided for hy law, so to regulate the
ratio of representation, as to prevent such increase.
The Representatives shall he chosen annually,
on the first Monday of October, until such day of
election shall he allured hy law.
The Committee report the following ns a sub
stitute for the' third section of the first article of
the Constitution now in force.
1 The Senate shall consist of forty-six members,
who shall he respectively resident in the Senato
rial districts for which they sliall he elected, but
this number may he increased by the creation ot
new counties, in the ratio of one Senator for eve
ry two counties, and if at any time the number
of counties shall not admit of such division with
out leaving a surplus, such remaining county
shall he attached to some contiguous Senatorial
district.
The following shall he the Third Section of the
First Article of the Constitution of the State of
Georgia.
The Senate shall he elected annually on thr
first Monday in October, and sliall be compose!
of one member from each of the forty-six Sena
torial Districts following:
1 Chatham and Effingham.
2 Scriven and Burke.
3 Richmond and Columbia.
4 Lincoln and Wilkes.
0 Elbert and Madison.
G Habersham and Lumpkin.
7 Union and Rabun.
8 Forsyth and Hall.
9 Jackson and Franklin.
10 Clark and Oglethorpe.
11 Greene and Putnam.
12 Taliaferro and Warren.
13 Hancock and Baldwin.
14 Washington and Jefferson.
15 Emmanuel and Montgomery.
10 lluHnidi and Bryan.
17 Tatnall and Liberty.
18 Mclntosh and Glynn.
ID Camden and Wayne.
20 Ware and Lowndes.
21 Telfair and Appling.
22 Laurens and Wilkinson.
23 Pulaski and Twiggs.
24 Bibb and Crawford.
25 Jones and Jasper.
20 Butts and Monroe,
27 Morgan and Walton.
28 Newton and Henry.
29 Dc Kalk and Gwinnett.
30 Gilmer and Murray.
31 Cass and Cherokee.
32 Cobh end Campbell.
33 Coweta and Fayette.
34 Merriwcthcr and Talbot.
35 Pike and Upson.
30 Houston and Macon.
37 Dooly and Irwin.
38 Thomas and Decatur.
39 Baker and Early.
40 Lee and Sumpter.
4 1 Randolph and Stewart.
42 Mnseogce and Marion,
43 Harris and Troup.
44 Heard and Carroll.
45 Paulding and Floyd.
46 Chattooga, Walker and Dade.
You will readily perceive that the business of
reduction Ims been made a party question by the
Union party. The Senatorial districts arc so ar
ranged as to give that party a majority of ten in
the Senate, and the scale of representation in the
lower house, is to he regulated hy a ratio of popu
lation for two and three members in the populous
counties, so as to give them a majority of 12 to 18
in the House. That party lias a majority in the
Convention, and from every indication which 1
,u - • - .v.,
power, as to secure a permanentaud fixed majorit
in both branches of the legislature.
In relation to the collision between the Steam
Packets Vanderbilt and North Carolina the Wil
mington Chronicle of -the 7th hist, says—“Wo
have heard various accounts of this unfortunate
occurrence, and of the causes which led to it, but
forbear at present any notice of them, as we are
assured that the most prompt measures are now
taking by the Company’s Directors, to investi
gate the affair thoroughly, ami that such action
will he had, as will strongly guard against
any thing of the kind in future. There will not
be, iu consequence of this accident, any inter
ruption to travel upon the line, as other boats
will take the places of the injured ones, until
they undergo the proper repairs.”
From the New York Herald of the 6th.
I-’ranee.
In Franco, matters assume mi important and
alarming aspect, LoutsPhilippehasingeniously
stitched together a patch work cabinet, and yet
has not touched the ministerial crisis. The fol
lowing is the personnel of the new administra
tion; it is not expected to hang together more
than it few days, and has already received the
snubrii/uct of the “April Fool Ministry.”
Interior Dc Gasparin, Peer
Justice and Religion Girod (del'Ain.) Peer.
Foreign Affairs Due de Montebello, Peer.
War General Despans-Cubicr.
Marino Baron Tupinicr, Deputy.
Public Instruction Parent, Deputy.
, Finance Gautier, Peer.
. Commerce and Public
Works Gasparin, (ad interim.)
Things in France arc apparently fast verging
towards a serious crisis. Thousands of laborers
and artificers were parading the streets of Paris
in search of employment, and uttering curses on
the king. All the lines of railroads in the vicinity
1 of the capital were beginning to be aband
oned, the overseers not having money to pay
the workmen. Those were flocking into Paris,
and entering into communication with sev
eral notorious Republicans, who are never
i I backward when an entente is to be organ
ized. On the other hand, the deputies were
murmuring loudly at the slowiKtss with which
1 the Ministerial arrangements progressed. To
progress the Chamber again would have been to
. heighten their irritation, and, perhaps, to drive
. them into some violent course. These and other
f | reasons appear to have suggested the singular
i step which the King has taken.
The session of the French Chambers was open
■ j ed on Monday, the 4th of April, by commission.
: In the Chambers of Peers, the Commissioners
■ j were the Duke de Montebello, Girod dc I’Ain,
■ ! and Parant. Gasparin, as minister of the Inte
: rior, read the royal ordinance in the Chamber of
■ : Deputies. M.Gras Provide, the Senior Deputy
1 | took the chair. The Lett and Left Centre hen
-1 | dies were crowded ; hut on the right, occupied hy
the laic Ministerialists and King’s friends, there
, : were many vacancies. Provide, according to
I custom, drew forth the names of members to
i j form the Bureaus or standing Committees.—
1 j proceeded to elect Presidents —with the follow
i ing results—four were “Old Ministerialists,” four
l i Opp s.tum. ami four neuter. The Doclrinaries
i had agreed to vote for the oldest member in each
■ j Beaureatt for President: and it so happened, that
they decided the election of one President of each
party; so that their neutrality was practically,
though accidentally, evinced, lint, it is said. m>
conclusion ns to the strength of parties ran he
drawn from elections in Burtons,
An immense crowd of angry people hoset the
Chambers, and the usual number of military and
police showed fear of disturbance, but none took
place.—The Times correspondent says, "The
air and attitude of the popular assemblage were
truly alarming.”
Moult had recommenced his endeavors to form
a Ministry, lie is said to have been completely
gained over, with his son, by the King. Odillon
Barron is the candidate of the I,eft and the Left
Centre for the Presidency of the Chamber of De
* putics; the old Ministerialists arc divided between
Uuchatel and Cunin Gridaine.
Mr. James 11. R. Washington, late editor and
proprietor of the Ala. Journal, has disposed of his
interest in that establishment, to Major John F.
Steele'and Peterson Thweatt, Jim., Esq., by
whom it will in future be conducted.
From the A'. 0. Louisianun us the 6th.
Texas.
We have received Houston papers of the 20th
ulu One of these journals contains an article on
the embassy which has lately been sent to Mexi
co from the government of the new republic.—
This writer justly infers from the attempt of Gor
ostiza, the Mexican secretary of state, to play off
an act of gross deception and treachery in his ne
gotiations with Admiral Baudin, that nothing is
to be expected from diplomatic mission of Texas.
Santa Anna, who now holds the reins of power
in Mexico, is personally inimical to General La
mar, the president of Texas, because Lamar wish
ed to visit upon Santa Anna’s person while a pris
oner in Texas the cruelties and murders he had
inflicted upon the Texian soldiers who had been
taken in battle. Santa Anna is a man upon whose
good faith and good feeling no reliance can he
placed. IJuslamcnte, the militaiy chief, says the
Houston journal, is known to be our determined
enemy. Nothing is.to be anticipated from nego
e.iation with such a government, hut what is ex
torted by fear. As to an acknowledgment of the
independence of Texas, it is a matter of no mo
ment whatever underprcsentcircunistanres. Ac
knowledged or not, the only security of Texian
independence lies in the courage and patriotism
of the citizens. The conduct of Gorosliza to
wards Admiral Baudin shows that the Mexican
government would deem no act of recognition
binding, and that they would embrace the first
opportunity of violating it and of invading Texas,
if they thought they could do it with effect.
Mr. M. He st has resigned the office of secre
tary of the navy of (he republic of Texas. It is
stated that the absolute necessity of attending to
his private affairs, which have been entirely ne
glected during the last three years, is the cause
of his resignation.
The following glowing description of the loca
tion lately selected for the capital of Texas, is ta
ken from Houston Intelligencer of the 25th ult :
Camp or Welukiigeus Prairie.
I have just returned from Waterloo, the con
templated new seat of Government, which I vis
ited in company with General Burleson. It is
the most beautiful and at the same time the most
sublime scene I ever saw. I know that yon will
, he delighted with it, and I frequently wished that
you were present to enjoy the scenery, as I saw
it, in all the majesty of nature and the verdure
of spring. The atmosphere was charged with the
most delightful perfume—and every shrub, every
hill and every flower seemed to extend a welcome
to the weary traveller. I never expected to rc
nlizo your eloquent description of Texas, till I saw
the lands of the upper Colorado. There are hun
dreds of the most beautiful sites for building round
the town level, and Homo itself, with all its fa
mous hills, could not have surpassed the natural
scenery of Waterloo. When 1 have a better op
portunity I will send you a landscape of the spot
anc the surrounding country.
fin. c >• * ‘ 1 t ** c
The valley from La Grange to the mountains
* presents a beautiful prospect to the eye of the tra
veller. All fears of an Indian invasion arc now
dissipated, and the people are actively employed
in planting and tending their crops. The inhab
itants say they have not felt as safe in three years.
Burleson has acted like a hero and a skilful offi
cer. He has defeated the Indians and routed the
Mexicans, all without expense to government of
injury to the planting interest.
The new city to have the name of Austin, af
ter the founder of the first colony that emigrated
from this country to Texas.
A IJritish Exploring Expedition.
The Liverpool correspondent of the New
York Star writes:
It is understood that, at the /special and express
instance of the Queen, an Expedition will im
mediately go to the Antarctic circle, to make mag
netic observations in the Southern hemisphere.
This will he ihc ostensible purpose—hut it is be
lieved that an attempt will he made to push dis
covery in that quarter. The Expedition will be
under the command of Captain James Ross.
His uncle. Sir John Ross, applied for it, and to
put him on the shelf, quietly, he was made Con
sul in Stockholm, 'The second in command
will he Commander F. R. M. Crozier. The two
ships fitting out are the Erchus and the Terror.
The expedition from the U. States has probably
suggested this one.
Fm label mi a, May 2.
I Accident and Loss of Life.— An accident
occurred yesterday morning about nine o’clock,
in Strawberry Alloy, near Market Street, which
caused the death of two men, and severely in
jured three more.
For the purpose of erecting a double building
in the modern style, it appears that an old tene
ment belonging to the Society of Friends of
Arch street meeting had been torn down, with
the exception of the north wall, which had been
left standing us high as the second story. The
centre wall had been raised to the top of the sto
ry, and joist placed upon it.—The carpenters,
nine in number, had commenced their daily oc
cupation, and supposing that the north wall
would sustain, commenced removing the two
girders that extended across from the sides of (he
adjoining house on the soutli sine, to the top of
the old wall. On moving the second girder, the
north wall fell in with a tremendous crash, carry
ing the men, joist, and part of the centre wall with
it.
Upon removing the upper rubbish, two of the
carpenters were taken out nearly lifeless, who
died in a short time after; one named Isaac C.
Uomhcs, the other John Dye. Mr. Jacob Prime
had his shoulder dislocated which was immediate
ly put in place, by one of the physicians who had
been called to the spot. —Mr. Amos Packer, ano
ther carpenter, was severely injured on the head
and breast; as also Mark Ualderston, (an appren
tice of Mr. George Bilks, the master carpenter of
the building,) both of whom were taken to the
Hospital and wo learned last evening were in a
fairway of recovery.
One or two other persons were slightly inju
red. The masons had notcommcneed their daily
operations on the building, and thus escaped inju
ry.
Anhiae flower. —The inhabitants of St. Lu
eia have discovered a most singular plant. In a
cavern of that isle, near the sea, is a large basin
of water, which is brackish, and its bottom com
posed of rocks ; from these proceed beautiful flow-
raocmbUng
cur marigolds. These s-' : nfg fleers, on the •’
approach of n hand, retire like the sundial, out of |
sight. On examining their substance closely,
there appears, in lhe middle of the dill, fourbrown ‘
filaments resembling spiders’ legs. These legs
have pincers to seize their prey, and upon suits- (
ingit, the yellow petals immediately close. The
body of the animal is about the size of a raven’s
bill.
From the Alexandria Gazette.
Criminal Court.
United States vs. Philip Cranuell. —
The prisoner was arraigned on two indictments.
The first, founded on the act of Congress of 1804
charged him with having wilfully, corruptly,
and feloniously cast away a certain vessel, called
the Joseph Stewart, of which he was part owner,
by making and boring certain holes in the bottom
and hull of said vessel, and leaving her to sink,
with intent and design to prejudice certain per
sons, being the “Georgia Insurance & Trust
Company,” which said Company had underwrit
ten a policy of insurance on the said vessel, in
suring the same at and for the sum of two thou
sand dollars.
The second indictment, found, on the act of
Congress of March 3d, 1825, charged the prison
er and a person named in the indictment, but
who has not yet been apprehended, with having
unlawfully, feloniously, wilfully and corruptly,
conspired, combined, and confederated together,
being then in a vessel called the Joseph Stewart,
on the high seas, to cast away, sink and destroy
the said vessel, with intent to injure a certain
Company and body politic called the “Georgia
Insurance & Trust Company,” that had, before
then, underwritten a policy of Insurance on the
said vessel, in the sum of two thousand dollars.
The prisoner was tried separately on these in
( dictments. In the first ease, the Jury, on Mon
day, returned a verdict of “Not Guilty.”
In the second case, after a long and patient in
vestigation of three days, the Jury were unable
to agree ; and, with the cons nt of all parties,
a juror was withdrawn, and the c ase continued
until the November term of this Court.
A PAINFUL N1 OUT SCENE ON HOAIin A
Steam Boat. —A portion of the passengers on
board the steam boat Alabama, Captain Sutton,
were not a little alarmed on Sunday last. The
boat left Baltimore for Norfolk at four o’clock on
Saturday afternoon, and by two o’clock the next
morning had accomplished the greater part of her
voyage. At that solemn and quiet hour, howev
er, and when she was out in Chesapeake Bay,
several miles from land, a report reached the gen
tleman’s cabin that the boat was on fire !
Thecft’cctof such intelligence at such an hour,
and under the circumstances described, was pain
ful and unnerving in no ordinary degree. In an
instant every individual whose cars were open to
the appaling alarm, started from his pillow, and
hurrying on snob clothing us could be discovered
in the darkness and confusion, proceeded on deck.
The number embraced but a small portion of the
passengers, and it was perhaps fortunate that so
few were awake. The firemen were observed
busily engaged in dragging the wood from be
neath one of the boilers, and dashing water upon
it; while one or two of the passengers, more active
1 than the rest, had already seized the water buck
ets, in readiness for such occasions, and made
their way towards the furnace between decks. For
the space of a few minutes the scene was full of
danger, horror and despair. Some threw doubts
upon the story—others confirmed it—while all
were dreadfully agitated. The shore, on cither
side, was shrouded in darkness and distance, and
the waves as they leaped and gambolled along,
looked to the affrighted eye and mind like so many
huge and living monsters ready to swallow up
the unfortunate traveller who might be consigned
to their tender mercies. Various expressions
passed from blood-deserted and trembling lips,
while a few stout hearts grew bravo amid the
danger, and endeavored, by kindly and conciliato
ry language, to cheer the timid and desponding.
It was, indeed, a moment of peril, and suited to
, test the courage, the virtue and philosophy of frail
human nature.
, A party of four, engaged in the forward cabin
I playing cards, were among the most terrified. No
wonder! The visage of Death, always terrible,
must have been especially so to such a group.
| They rushed wildly on deck, and in a condition of
, almost breathless agitation. Their feelings may
j he belter imagined than described, when wo re
member that two hours of the Sabbath had al
ready gone by!
Fortunately the danger had been somewhat ex
aggeration. The boat was not on lire—but one
of the boilers was in a very precarious condition,
and it had been deemed essential to extinguish
the sue under it, in order to prevent an explosion.
, The waste stop cock had been opened, with the
object of letting off the surplus steam, and had
not hern effectually / closed again. Some time
! after, the Engineer, seeing the boiler become unu
' sually heated, tried the upper cock and then the
' lower, and discovered with much alarm, that the
■ water had fallen below both, while the boiler had
attained a dangerous heat! Had he introduced
cold water at this crisis, an explosion must have
! been inevitable. But he saw the difficulty, and
■ immediately ordered the hands to pull out the
1 wood and extinguish the fire beneath the boiler.
This they did, under some excitement, but with
l out serious difficulty. The passengers, seeing
them throw water upon the blazing wood, natu
• rally enough thought the boat on fire and so gave
’ the alarm.
In'thc confusion and darkness, some time elapsed
before the real difficulty was made known gener
ally, and not indeed until more than one had turned
a thought inward and upward, and had looked
out upon the broad and billowy bay with well
' founded alarm.
‘ Captain Sutton was perfectly cool and self-pos
sessed throughout the crisis, and it was discovered
with pleasure, even after the danger had passed
away, that the boat was liberally provided with
1 life-preservers. —Philadelphia Inquirer.
' Soil for the Culture, of Cotton. —At
1 a meeting of the Asiatic Society, Mr. Solly read a
report on the chemical examination of a series
i of soils from some of the principal cotton planta
tions of Georgia, which had been procmcd by
I Viscount Palmerston, at the request of the com
-1 mittee of commerce and agriculture of the society.
1 The examination of these soils was undertaken
I with a view to ascertain some of the circumstan
'■ ccs found to he most favourable to the cultivation
of cotton in Georgia, and thus indicate the best
1 manner of improving the cultivation of cotton in
India. Mr. Solly stated, that, in order to render
1 a comparison of this kind of any practical value,
• it was absolutely necessary to take into account
■ a variety of circumstances connected with the na
! ture of the climates of the countries so compared,
• —such ns the limits of temperature, the rapidity
I of evaporation, the form of the surface of the coun
• try, the radiating power of the soil, the retentive
1 power for water, and many other points. These
were all of the utmost importance and would
I - 1 completely modify the ad ion of the soil, so that a
• j soil which in one situation would be excellent for
the cut iva i in of cotton, would in another cli
m ile In- totally unfit. The result of the chemi
c d examination of these specimens showed them
all to be of a light, sandy, and rather pour de
-1 sription, consisting principally of a fine sand,
held together by a small quantity of alumina, or
clay, and coloured with oxides of iron and man
ganese. The quantity of organic matter which
they contained was small. One of the most im-
I portant farts observed was, the extremely small
j portion of carbonate, or indeed, any form of lino
I which they contained, showing that the presence
I
iOf Ojh substance is not so essential to a good oot
lins 'il. as has he si thought by some writers on
the cullivat on of cotton. The great difl’nreneo
also hctweeulhn black cotton soil of America,
and that of India, was pointed out ; the former
being composed of a lino, white, silicious sand,
containing hut very little alumini, and coloured j
wholly by organic matter: whilst the latter con
sisted apparently of the debris of volcanic rocks, j
Mr. Solly concluded by remarking, that the good
ness of the soils from Georgia depended probably
far more on the mechanical structure, than on the I
chemical composition; and that the presence of
time or any other substance, was of far less im
portance, than that it should boos a light, porous
ami not too rich a character.— London Athenian
Zeiiaii OoLiiuiiv.—The editor of the Buflnlo
Journal gives an interesting reminiscence of this
once arithmetical progeny, recently deceased at a
premature age in Vermont, where ho was a pro
fessor of mathematics in the college at Norwich
His extraordinary precocity while a youth in ar
ising suddenly, as if by intuition, at complex re
sults, in arithmetical calculations, entirely ceased
at the age of 21, and became to him a “lost Pleiad.”
Other protuberance of the brain speaking phren
ologically, seem to have overgrown and overlaid
his organ of calculation. He could never tell jl
how, and we know not if the popular arithmetic
be published, supplied the want of language hiK
complained of to explain himself. He plunged
into the latin classics, and that may have warped
other faculties, as it is believed it would have done
to Shukspearc and other minds which were left
free. He tried dramatic writing and failed in
that. Poetic imagination is not mathematical in
vention, He wae a man of interesting person—
pale and slender—full of anecdote—gathered in
his exhibitions in Europe hut little conversant in
practical life. In his temperament he was warm
and affectionate. His imagination was vivid and
his memory extensive. His history forms a puz
zle for the disciples of Gall and Spurzheim, and
his head would he probably an interesting study
Puor.iiKss of Steam. — We learn that the
steam frigate Pulton, for some time in port, has
been assigned for the special service of a practice
and experiment ship, under Commodore Perry,
with an additional number of officers. Captain
Perry will thus create an able corps of engineers
for the steam vessels of war budding a class of
craft which we have no doubt will Blithely super
cede all others, both in the war and merchant ser
vice. The first lieutenant is Mr. Lynch; tho
surgeon, Ur. Dubarry.—iV. Y. Star.
A Venkuabi.e Consul. —Miss Hail, in her
“Ramblesin Europe,” (a very interesting work,
by tho way,) in 1836, while at Leghorn, was
waited upon by the American consul, at that port.
He holds his office by tho appointment and un
der the hard of Washington. If stilt living, he
is doubtless the only man in existence who can
exhibit the signature of tho immortal father of
his country as the seal of ids office. In 1836, ac
cording to Miss Hall, ids form was erect, and his
face but slightly wrinkled. “He would,” she
says, “ pass readily for fifty-five or sixty, and yet
he must be verging upon ninety. It is more than
half a century since he has looked upon ids native
land.
F aoos.—These arc animals greatly to be en
vied, they live at ease, enjoying themselves to tho
utmost. They are never dry like a loafer; and,
unlike Bim, are always furnished with breeches.
They are wise. too. They always “look before i
they leap.'’ They are somewhat visited, howev
er with tho bad doctrines of the day—they fear a
run upon the banks, and are afraid of internal
improvements—the one infringes upon their
“ capital,” and the other invades their water privi
leges. Frogs arc great lovers of music, and they
famish their own supply. Most that we have
heard, is rather base, but we deprecate its being
trebled. If ever they concluded to leave the even
“ tenor of their way,” in this matter, wc shall be
sure to run counter, and, perhaps, at the same
lime visit them with a staff Jog says they ought
to go by the name of “bull rushers”—first, be
cause, like the infant Moses, they arc hid in these
delightlul weeds; and secondly, because one of
the patriarchal frogs once attempted to rival a bull
in size. He says, if this aforesaid frog had suc
ceeded, he would have been a “ rusher,” and de
serves the name any how.— N. O. Times.
From the Louisville Public Advertiser.
Woman.
; Oli, Woman! truth and passion rear the throne
Where tlioudost sit triumphant and alone;
Bright shapes of fitful fancies throw
Prismatic colors o’er thy beauty’s glow—
Betuie a thousand shrines thy feelings burn,
As vestals wave their tapers o’er the urn ;
A seeming fickle nature oft imbues
The color ol the mind with rainbow hues, —•
Yet, when awakened to some daring deed,
When grief and trials come, and nations bleed—
When fields ol blood re-echo shrieking cries,
And Hope’s lone star hath left the shrouded skies :
’Pis then thy mighty heart shall fully prove
The strength of all thy constancy and love 1
Who longest lingers at the bed of death,
With kisses winning hack the fleeting breath >
VV ho longest at the chill, lone tomb shall stay'
1 ale sentinel o’er cold and paler clay ?
“ hast at the cross, and earliest at the grave ”>
Oh, Woman ! ’tis thy chosen hour to save,
When manhood’s haughty crest is fallen low, *
Shattered and broken by the stunning blow.
John N. Mapfit.
Consignees per South Carolina Hail Road.
Hamburg, May 10, 1839.
M. Frederick, X. Richards, A. Gumming Moore
Sc Davis, Stovall, Simmons it Co., H. C. Bryson &
M**’ Rockett <t Co., W. K. <fe J. U. Jackson,
I. S. Wilkes, D’Antignac & Hill, Rees & Beall, F.
11. took, S. Kneeland & Son, Aldrich Sc Shove, J.
& S. Bones, T. H. Plant, I. S. Beers Sc Co., S. Bu
ford G. I. Dortic, J, B. Murphy, R. Boggs <fe Co.,
L. D. Cook, J. H. Mifflin, B. Leeds, G. Parrott, J.
*• ll, ' nson > Perritt Sc Voung, N. Jerome, Jeffers Sc
Boulman, andM. K. Smith.
(Cj" THE AMERICAN SILK GROWER AND
FARMER’S MANUAL —A monthly publication,
designed to extend and encourage the growth of Silk
throughout the United States. Edited by W'ard
Cheney and Brothers, Burlington, N. J., and pub
lished in Philadelphia, at the low price of One
Doi.lab a year.
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pointed' by his Honor the Mayor, as Health Com
mittees in the Wards respectively attached to their
names;—
Messrs, G. F. PARISH, -j
P. 11. MANTZ, Ward No. 1.
S. II OLIVER, J
M. M. DYE,
T. I. WRAY, i. Ward No. 2.
J. U. DUNLAP, J
J. B. BISHOP,
B. W. FORCE, i- Ward No. 3.
T. RICHARDS. J
C. V. HITT, -v ,
E. B. BEALL, - Ward No. 4.
J. J. COHEN. J
May 1 ,
ffj’ BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, for the benefit
of the Sick Poor of Augusta and ils vicinity. —
The Visiting Committees for theensuing month are
as follows:
Division No. I.—Mr. A. McLaue, Mr. C. Pike,
Mrs. Crump, Miss E. Marshall.
Division No. 2.—Mr. Jno. W. Stoy, Mr. George
Cocke, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Boggs.
Division No 3.—Mr. E. W. Doughty, Mr. J. B.
Hart, Mrs. B. McKinnic, Mrs. Berryhill.
C. F. STURGIS.
(Jj“The President and 1 ice President being ab
sent these committees will call upon the Secretary
for funds. ap 23-U