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BANK REPORTS. B*mk or Sr. Maiivs, > Sr. Marts, 3d April, 1839. 5 Sin ;—I have the honor herewith to transmit to your Excellency, a ntalcment of the condition of this Hank, on Tuesday morning, the 2d inst. Respectfully your ob’t. servant, D. L. CLINCH, P. B. St. Marys. To his Excellency (tioHot R, Gilmer, Gov ernor, Millcdgevillc, Ga. Statement thawing the condition of the /tank of St. Marge, on Tuesday morning, "J April, 1839. Dh. To Capita! Stock paid in, $80,795 00 “ Notes in circulation, 52,020 “ Individual depositors, 28,215 40 “ Due to other Banks, 5,350 63 “ Bills payable, 18,390 CO “ Profits and surplus, 2,129 85 “ Dividends unclaimed, 3C5 20 2,495 05 $193,860 58 Cn. ■By Cash on hand, viz Gold and Silver coin, 27,924 38 Dra/ls, 6,966 64 Treasury Notes, 200 00,-7,166 64 Notes of other Banks, 12,615 06 47,706 02 “ Due from other Banks and Agents, 13,189 80 “ Drafts in transitu. 1,191 24 “ Banking House and Lot, 6,269 72 44 Notes running to maturity, 97,577 36 44 Notes over due and notin suit, 9,437 66 107,015 02 “ Bills of Exchange, 16,644 32 “ Protest aept.do 50,prcm. 45 14, 55 64 “ Over Drafts, 1,285 95 “ Expenses, 608 87 $193,806 58 All debts due the Bank arc considered good. 'Osono i a , Town of St. Marys. Personally appeared D. L. Clinch, President, and A. .1. Bossent, Cashier, who being duly sworn deposes and says, that the above and foregoing statement of the condition of the Bunk of St. Marys,on Tuesday morning, the 2d April, 1839, is just and true to the best of their knowlcdgeund belief, D. L. CI,INCH, P. U. St. Marys. A. J. BESBKNT, Cashier. Sworn to before me this 3d April, 1839. S. CLARKE, Intend, of St. Marys. List of Stockholders in the Hattk of St. Mary's. Names. Shares. Paid in. Horace S. Pratt, 100 4,800 Do tr. H.S. Pratt, Jr. 5 150 Do tr. June Pratt 5 150 Do tr. L. G. W. Pratt 50 1,600 Do guard. J. W. Pratt 50 1,500 Do guard. 1. J. Pratt 50 1,500 Sarah Drysdalo, 50 1,500 Francis Rudolph, 5 350 Do tr. M. C. Rudolph 5 350 Du tr. E. F. Kudulph 5 350 Do tr. M..M. Rudolph 5 350 Du tr. J. J. Rudulph, 5 350 Do tr. It. L. Rudulph 5 350 Do tr. V. M. Rudulph 5 350 Est.J. Humber, by M. 11. Heb linrd, ad. 5 150 John Hebhavd 5 150 Sarah Club 4 400 John Bachloll 2 200 Do tr. 11. M. Bachlott 2 200 Do tr. J,L. Bachlott 2 200 Do tr. M. M. Bachlott 1 100 Do tr. Jos. C. Bachlott 1 100 Do tr. R. 11. Bachlott I 100 Do tr. C. O. Bachlott 1 100 Alfred Doolittle 20 600 Do tr. M. A. Doolittle 1 30 Do tr. J.S. Doolittle 1 30 Do tr.J. H. Doolittle 1 30 Do tr. M. J. Doolittle 1 30 Do tr, M. A. Doolittle 1 30 Henry Bacon 20 1,000 Do tr. G. A. E. Bacon, 2 100 Do tr. 11. S. Bacon, 2 100 Do tr. E. M. Bacon 2 100 A. J. Bcssenl 32 1,600 Do tr. Eliza Viesseiil 10 500 Do tr. Win. Bessent 2 200 Do tr. E. M. Bessout 2 200 Louis Dufour 144 7,200 Do tr. Louis Uesclaux 30 3,000 Edmund Atkinson 50 1,500 John Bessout 2 60 Do tr. M. O. Bessent 2 (HI Do tr. M. A. Bessent 1 30 Do guard. E. W illiams 5 150 Do Adm’r. cst. C. Spriggs 5 250 Joseph Arnow 2 60 Do tr. C. Arnow, 2 60 Do tr. Prudcutia Arnow 2 60 Do tv. George Arnow 2 60 Do tr. Jos. A mow, Jr 2 60 Willis Lang, 3 90 Do Ir. G. Lung 1 30 Do Ir. Mary Lang 1 30 Samuel Clarke, 69 1,780 Do Ir. Ethan Clarke 2 60 Do tr. O. A. Clarke 2 60 Do Ir. E. M. Clarke 2 60 Do tv. H.P. Clarke 2 60 Do tr. L. C. Clarke 2 60 Do tr. M. S. Clarke 2 60 Do tr. J. F. Clarks 2 00 Do tr. S. Clarke, Jr. 2 00 Do tr. K. B. Clarke 2 60 .'David Seubury 10 200 John Chevalier, 2 60 Do ti. Betsey Brewer 1 30 P. M. Nightingale 100 2,000 Sylvester Silva 20 1,000 Jacque Vocclle 20 1,500 B. Barralte 10 1,000 Do tr. A. Barratte 10 1,000 Samuel Flood 2 60 Do tr. Rebecca Flood 1 30 Do tr. Ann V. Flood 1 30 Do tr. Elizabeth Flood 1 30 •Whipple Aldrich 10 300 Duncan L. Clinch 149 3,980 Do guard. J. 11. M. Ma dison 51 1,520 William Proctor 5 250 Do tr. Margaret Proctor 5 250 Do tr. Margt, Proctor, Jr. 2 100 Do tr. Virginia Proctor, 2 100 Do tr. Wm, Proctor, Jr. 2 100 Do tr. Daniel Proctor 2 100 Do tr. Louisa Proctor 2 100 Do tr. Theodore Proctor 2 100 Do Isabella Proctor 2 100 Lemuel Church DO 1,560 Do guard. Harry King 33 1,350 Do guard. Tilley King 3 150 Do guard. Harry King, Jr. 2 160 Henry H. Sadler 10 300 Do tr.H. R. Sadler, Jr. 2 00 D> tr. Eliza M. Sadler I 60 Do tr. Oath. Ann Sadler 2 60 Do tr. Houston M. Sadler 2 66 Do tr. Mary A. Sadler 2 60 Do tr. Nidi. B Sadler 2 60 Edmund Rirhardsen, ; )no Do tr. Eli/.. Richardson 2 100 1 O. M. Dorman 10 300 : F. J. Juilson 10 300 , Samuel R. Williams 1 30 I .lolm Warren ‘3O 000 Ross <St Merrick 40 1,-00 Julia A. Monk 15 450 Arch. Clnrk 10 300 j Ralph King 100 3,000 ■ William King 100 3,000 j Bayard E. Hand 100 3,000 ! 1,, L. F. Poincey 10 300 j 11. & W. King & Co. 42 1,200 Stephen McCall 10 300 Carter <A Tracey 10 300 John Johns 10 300 Jeremiah Johns 5 100 Alacnnder Kean 6 150 John Bailey 90 2,970 George W. Thomas 50 1,500 Janies Moore 5 100 James M. Smith 10 200 George I.ang 5 150 Nancy I.ang 10 300 Do tr. Isaac I.ang 5 150 Do tr. Catharine I.ang 5 150 Do Isabella I.ang 5 150 Susan Hopkins 50 1,000 Wm. T. Hopkins 108 2,160 Do tr. E. H. Hopkins 2 40 Do tr. W.T. Hopkins, Jr. 2 40 Do tr. Susan A. Hopkins 2 40 Do tr. R, H. Hopkins, 2 40 Christopher Brown 25 750 Comm’rs. Camden Co. Academy 20 2,000 Hannah Oossby 40 1,200 | Harriet Ann Elbert 20 1,400 Robert Stafford 100 3,000 Elizabeth P. Magill 3 300 Helen /. Magill 3 300 Mrs. Eliza Melntosh I I 520 Mrs. Mary Sadler 15 525 George W. Woolley 10 300 2,500 $86,705 Wkstkhn Mask or Gcoiioia,? April 23d, 1830. 5 To his Excellency Gkuiiuk R. Gilmkii; Sin:—ln compliance with the law, I hereby transmit to your Excellency a statement of the condition of the Western Bunk of Georgia, on the Ist day of April, inst, together with a list of the Stockholders of said Bank. An apology is duo for the late forwarding of these documents, which has been occasioned by my absence fur the Ist month. With high consideration and respect, Vour Excellency’s most obcdientser’rt. WM. HARDIN, President. Statement of the Condition of the ’Western Bank of Georgia, on the Isi day oj April, 1839. mi. Stock Account. Amount paid in, 133,852 50 Notes issued, 381,450 on hand, 257,590 1 In circulation, *123,860 Balances due to other Bks. and Cor porations, 11,321 29 ‘ “ “ individual deposi tors, 11,965 53 1 Suspense account, 4,030 51 • Discount account*!, 18,499 97 j >303,529 31 ( _________ a" rn. 1 Discounted Notes run ning to maturity, 43,132 12 Discounted Notes due and unpaid, not in suit, all con sidered good, 117,697 71 ' Discounted N' otes in 1 suit, considered 1 good, 16,092 42 1 Discounted Notes in suit, considered ' doubtful, 0,517 04 186,439 19 Exchange running to maturity, 2,130 63 Eying over unpaid, considered good, 10,964 50 In suit, considered good, 3,000 16,095 13 Balances due by other Banks in this State, 1,082 91 Balaricesdueby B’nks 1 and Factors in I New York, 604 81 1,747 72 Silver Coin, 3,946 25 Gold Bullion, 45 08 i 3,991 33 | Balances due by Agents, 53,065 Do “ individuals, 1,879 01 1 Notes of other Bonks, and sundry rash items, 27,442 52 I Expense account, 9,775 01 l.oss on Gold Bullion, 694 87 10,469 88 Banking House and Lot, 3,000 >303,529 81 * The amount in circulation has boon reduced since Ist April, by redemption at the counter, and by the President abroad, 15,995 Amount known to be withdrawn, in hands of Agents, 10,875 Amount handed to responsible agents for disbursement, and not yet returned, 13,250 j Which amount, deducted ftvmi the amount above >40,120 will leave >83,74 ', as the present ( circulation. List of Stockholders of the Western Bank of Georgia. Names. No. Shares. Ain’t paid. Nathan Anderson, 10 350 G W Ambrister, 5 175 G W Anderson, 5 175 ] WII Bailey, A D Hodges, 20 700 Thomas Bryan, 40 1,100 Francis Burke, 6 210 J C Burnett, 1 35 ■ R U Benson, 5 175 W K Briers, ft 175 James Buys, ft 175 J S Burnet, 10 350 A Hrinlcc, 2 70 A E Barry, . 10 350 James Brison, 10 350 W H ('leghorn, I ft 525 John Caldwell, 74 2,590 M .1 ( ’amden, 20 700 Chunn, Patton & 00. 10 ‘350 J 11 Cavcnder, 5 175 John Clayton, 2 70 Colthorp J McSpadden, 100 3,500 J E Cobb, ft 150 R Cession, ft 175 George Cliftlon, 20 700 G W Copeland, 10 350 Asa Dickson, 18 630 Nathl Davis, 10 300 George J Dikes, 5 175/ John Dawson, 85 2,97 ft Dickson, Hoag, & Kelly, ft 175 O R Forter, ' 11 330 Samuel Farris, 24 840 Samuel Finley, 10 350 Tomlinson Fort, 130 4,550 lobn Fricks, 5 150^ tm Win Fain, *0 I®® Thomas F Gordon, 5 W 5 E L Givens, 20 800 VV & O Hitchcock, 39 3,070 1 WG Harris, 10 350 Harris & MeSpoddeo 20 '<oo 1 William Henry, 10 350 1 i A M Hamilton, 6 175 ' I E Hoyle & Co. * 10 350 ! A Hoyle, 10 350 1 ’ Hoyle & Jones, 10 350 1 ! Thomas Hendricks, S 175 1 I L W Hays, 2 70 1 ; Thomas Howeth, 2 i j TT Hopkins, 14 490 Win Hen Jin, 17 5 0,125 j A T Hardin, 75 2,150 | J G Holland, 10 300 ! F S S Hunt, 1 35 I Z II Hargrove’s estate, 400 16,100 | James Hemphill, 56 1,960 | Hubbard and Eidson, 20 675 ! A H Harrison, 50 1,750 | Edward Herndon, 20 600 | David Irwin, 15 625 j A H Johnston, 21 630 | 8 J Johnson, 20 700 John Jacobs, 10 325 WmKing, 22 660 | Kerrs and Hope, 40 1,500 I R I. Lane, 10 300 W Lay, 20 700 James Liddell, 30 1,050 Thomas Lloyd, 10 350 [ Lane and Perry, 30 700 B McConnell, 10 350 D It Mitchell. 10 300 M Montgomery, 30 1,050 I Robert Murphy, 1 35 j 8 Marsh, 20 700 D Morrow, 6 150 J C Miller, 2 70 John McConnell, 5 175 | A Miller, 20 700 8 C Newman, 33 1,155 Newman & Cunningham, 6 210 L M Nicholson, 1 10 Lewis Edwards, 4 20 Joshua Philips, 10 350 Samuel Poo, 6 175 Elijah Patey, 10 350 John Pyle, 20 700 A M Rawlings, * 10 300 Job Rogers, 10 300 8 W Roden, 2 60 "J B Roden, 2 70 M L Rufl; 10 300 J and A Scott, 10 350 Wm Scales, 5 175 J ’J’ Storey, 21 735 Win Smith, 200 7,000 CL Storey, 2 70 J M Spullock, 162 5,070 John Smith, 110 3,f50 A D Shackleford, 5 25 E It A Smith, 65 2,275 C D Tcrhuac, 20 700 LHWalfhal, 63 2,205 G and S Williams, 25 1,225 N B Wheeler, XO 350 John Word. 3 175 J Whorton, 30 1 050 J Walters, 30 PO5O W Withron, 10 350 G Winn, 25 875 John A White, 20 700 W C Wyly, 5 175 Hugh Wilson, JO 350 George W Williams, 200 6,000 Samuel Williams, 150 5,250 Robert Ware, 200 6,135 Do. tr. for RNC. Ware, 175 5,250 A N Hargrave, 176 5,280 Geo iroiA, Floyd county. Personally appeared before me Robert Ware, Esq., a Justice of the Inferior Court for said coun ty, William Hardin, President, and William P. | Beers, asstsioui Oanliioi vs the Bbis*. Georgia, who being duly sworn, say, that the foregoing statement of the condition and list of Stockholders of said Bank, is just and true to the best of their knowledge and belief. WM. HARDIN, President, WM. P. BEERS, Asst. Cashier. Sworn to before me 23d April, 1839. CIIKONICLK AND SKNTINEL. A IJ <; U STA. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 18. (’ It has been suggested, that at the target firing of the Augusta Artillery Guards, this day, persons who have not received invitations, will not be expected to attend. Wo are requested to state that this in a mistake. Arrangements could only be made for a limited number of invita tions, to join the company, on the water; but the corps will feel honored hy the .presence, at the firing, of any, on all, their fellow citizens, of both sexes. Post Office, 'Col«jmhus,7 "Wednesday Evening, May 15. 5 The Steamer Siren arrived this evening from Apalachicola, brings information of a horrible massacre committed by a party of Indians on Friday night last, on the Apalachicola river, about 50 miles below the junction of the Chat tahoochee and Flint Rivers. Seven or eight in dividuals of both sexes were murdered, and their bodice burned. The Siren stopped at the spot i on Sunday, and the crew and passengers interred the remains of the murdured. > tv. k xt a v the Purism ext.—John C. Nicoll to be Judge of the United States for the District of Georgia, in place of Jeremiah Cuvier, , deceased. \ M ore Indian Murders. The Apalachicola Gazette of the 11th slates that a party of Indians, recognised to be Creeks, simultaneously attacked the settlements of Rob erts, at Stefanulgee, and John and Nathan Smith's, Rico's BlulT. They burned Robert’s houses, killed a little boy, and wounded Roberts himself, who, with his wife, a man named Al drich, and 1 children, escaped. ; At Smith’s settlement, it is supposed that Na than Smith's throe children, a Mrs. Richards and her five children and a man named White were murdered.—N. Smith, with his wife, ano j (her woman, and two men escaped. John Lamb | was severely wounded, he recognised the Indians to be Creeks. Sixteen of the fugitives, men, wo | men and children, caine down on the mail boat and are completely destitute. Several of the In i dians were seen on the banks of the river, as the 1 boat came through the narrows 7 miles above For.t Gadsden. v f Conkbcticit U. S. Sssatob.—The Hart\ find Cour.mt says that the Hon. Dennis Kimber j ley, United States Senator, has resigned his of [ free, on account of ill health. It will devolve upon the Legislature, now in session, to fill the J 1 1 1 u,hour Correiforuichl. Milleogf.ville, lOlli May, 1839. i Tiio Convention adjourned sine die this day, j 1 between 12 and 1 o’clock. The report of the | Committee of the whole was adopted without j material amendment, and comprise the amend ments to the Constitution to be offered to the peo ple for their ratification or rejection. The leading provisions are substantially as follows: Ist. The Senate to consist of 48 members from Senatorial districts of two contiguous coun ties each. Each county in the state is to be entitled to one member in the House of Representatives, without regard to population. Those counties having a representative popu lation of 6000, arc entitled to two members. Those counties having a representative popula" tion of 12,000, arc entitled to thiee members. The number of members in the Legislature never to be increased beyond that number which the last census will give under the above ratio' except when a new county shall bo created. Such are the provisions of the amendments to the Constitution,now before the people fortheir decision. Ido not hesitate to pronounce them unequal and unjust, as the smaller counties will have a predominant influence in both branches of the Legislature. Except in the mere matter of reduction, lessening the number of members in the Legislature, they arc worse than the Consti tution as it at present stands. To this may be added, that the Senatorial districts arc laid off so as to give the Union party, who are in a minority in the State, a majority of eight or ten in the Senate, which in a reduced Senate, is equal to a majority of 16 or 20 in that body, as at present organized. It is well known that in the last Senate, the. State Rights party had a majority ; their indignation then, upon being thus, by a party manoeuvre in the Convention, thrown into a minority of 8 or 10 in a reduced Senate, may be well imagined. The particulars of the two last sittings of the Convention I will give you hereafter. Florida. —Returns for member of Congress from eleven counties in Florida, giving Ualtzell 594 votes over Col. Downing, the present mem ber. It is said that Col. D's. majorities in the Eastern counties will overbalance this vote, if the number of votes polled equal those of 1837—the result, however, is doubtful. It is believed that a majority of votes has been cast in favor of the new constitution. The New York Journal of Commerce says that three Companies were chartered at the late ses sion of the York Legislature, for the purpose of navigating the ocean, viz: the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company, with a capital of $2,000,- 000; the Ocean Steam Packet Company, with a capital of the same amount; and the North American Steam Navigation Company, with a capital of §2,500,000. It is not known when any of these Companies will go into operation. At the elections to be held on Thursday, the 23.1 instant, throughout the State of Virginia, there are to be elected twenty-one Members »f Congress, eight Senators, and one hundred and thirty-four Delegates. At the election in Indiana, which takes place in August, seven members of Congress are to bo chosen. Extract of a letter received in New Orleans, dated Tampico, May 3. We have just understood that the Central Gov ernment has issued a decree declaring the port of Tampico closed to all trade or commerce whatev er. A copy of the decree in Spanish has been handed to the Consuls here; but we do not know what course these consuls will advise their coun trymen to pursue. General Moxia is on his march to Pcubla and Mexico. The government army under Dustamcnte, it is said, has taken up its march from Victoria for I this place. Their arrival here may be looked for I in Ioorlsdays. The federal force here is small, and they arc in want of money. There is no tel ling how things will turn out. From the New Orleans ISee, May 13. Tennessee. —The prospects of the wings in this large and gallant state are most cheering. In the whig districts, ten in number, every sign looks promising. Several of the candidates will walk over the course—others will beat the loco focos by substantial majorities. In only one or two do the Van Huron men entertain a faint hope of victory. On the other hand, in the three loco foco districts, the wings have manifested the most determined opposition, and nothing short of the most active ctforts on the part of the administra tion leaders will prevent a change. The party may possibly succeed in holding on to one or two of the delegation out of the thirteen, and even this, as we learn, will not be effected without the strongest and most indefatigable exertion. Governor Cannon, the present whig executive and candidate for re-election, is winning ‘‘golden . 'opinions” in his tour throughout the state. The honesty and plain sense of the Tennesseeans baf | ile even Colonel Polk’s political sagacity and ma -1 noeuvering. The popularity of the latter in west I Tennessee, will probably secure him a number ot | partisans, and the district lately represented by I him in Congress, will no doubt poll him a heavy majority—but nothing within the limits of pro bability can prevent the success of Mr. Cannon by a majority of from five to fifteen thousand votes. From the Montreal Herald. Court Martial. —The finding of the court martial in the case of Mott has been confirmed bv his Excellency the commander of the forces. By it, the prisoner is found guilty of the first, second, and fourth charges preferred against him, viz: Ist. for levying war against Her Majesty’s Government. 2d. for aiding and assisting in the rebellion, and 4th. for being present at, and abet ting in the murder of Robert M’lntyre, a loyal volunteer, who was killed at the battle of Lacolle. lie is acquitted of the third charge, that of murder. With this trial, the court finishes its labours, after a session of five months and a half, during which 110 prisoners have been tried, of whom have been executed 12; acquitted 9. The re mainder are now in jail, under sentence of death. Cask of Samuel L. Governkub.—The j District Attorney opened this case on the part of i the Government by stating that the difficulty had / arisen out of a dillcrenee between the accounts ' | of the department at Washington and the defend- I ant, the late Post Master at New York, who was v- . \ iraiAsi lo IfeyV if- j Tucsday says: i A suit was instituted against the defendant in 1 1837, and the balance at this lime claimed by the ! government was between >183,0110. The allow | ance claimed ♦y the defendant reduced the bal ‘ anco to SIuG,SGG 59. From this was to be de ducted of a charge SGOOG which not being made until after the bill of particulars had been furnish ed, was ordered by the court to be stricken out, leaving a balance due the government of §100,560 39. The account involves transactions during the whole period the defendant was in oll’ice; and al though they were confined exclusively to receipts and disbursements, yet the defendant frequently called upon from time to time, as Post Master, to act as agent for the department, rendered other aceounts unnecessary. In the years 1838 and ’34, the Post Office be came greatly embarrassed, and was compelled to borrow large sums of money to defray the ex penses of the department, and the defendant be ing was called upon to assist. Several transac tions of that kind took place, which rendered the account more complicated. Some of the mo ney thus raised came into defendant’s hands, and was diidfursed byjiim under the direction of the department., t ,Thcsc receipts and disbursements were charged and-ere3tted to him, which made another account. The parties also labored under some difficulty in consequence of the great fire in this city, at which many of the documents were destroyed.—Also, some of the books and papers belonging to the department were deslroy . ed by the burning of the public buildings at Washington; and to these causes might probably be ascribed the existence of the difference in their accounts. Fhom Mexico. — The brig Comet arrived yes terday from Vera Cruz, which place she left on the 2d inst. Adndral Baudin with the remainder of the French fleet, left Vera Cruz on the 28th ult. 'The federal troops with Cen. Mejia were in the neighborhood of Tuspan. There were no rumorsof any action having taken place between the federal and government troops.— N. (J. lice. May 13. Mautiniu.ce. —The brig Edward arrived here yesterday in twenty days from Martinique. The news which she brings, however, is not of much interest. Affairs in st. Pierre were in a very de plorable condition; sugar had no price, and sales were very hard to effect. The people were ac tively engaged in building wooden houses, to sup ply the place of those which were destroyed by the recent earthquake.— N. O. liec, May 13. Thk National Expenses in France.— Mr. Walsh furnishes some interesting information on this head in one of his recent letters. He says: Some of the political arithmeticians of Paris, Legitimist on one side, and Liberal on the other, haye earnestly disputed which of the two gov ernments —that of the B.WjrttJmßqfJwation or I that of the Revolution of July,—was the most costly to France from year to year. The details furnished by both show how much has been uniformly extorted from the people beyond and against the exigences of their own welfare. It is an extraordinary and appalling recrimination, of which a critical third parly might take signal ad vantage. Millcret, in his La France Depuis 1830, proves that the sums levied on France by the Res toration, in the sixteen years of its reign, (extra ordinary charges independent of the regular and ordinary budgets,) amounted altogether to the im mense cipher of two thousand seven hundred and thirty-four millions five hundred and thirty thou sand francs. It is proved besides, that the incal culable contributions paid from the pockets of the people to the government of Napoleon, were far from being repaid by those which he forced from other nations; that France was not in the small est degree enriched by the foreign spoliations of the conqueror. The ordinary budget now presented is the lar gest which the country has ever known, but it is not likely that extraordinary demands (except for internal improvement) will be made, unless a general war should take place. The appropria tions of 1837 and 1838, for public works were very considerable, and to execute what it is now admitted the Government alone can accomplish, much more will be needed : —A heavy contingent is inevitable to enable the Companies that have undertaken the three great lines of railroad, to achieve their enterprise. According to the “Journal des Debats,” the sum expended in 1837, by the local treasuries in the interior, on the departmental and cross roads, was seventy millions, and in 1838, nine ty millions of francs. You may judge from this sample what is the weight of the whole local tax ation. Bank Notes in New Youk. — It is stated •that Now York docs not pay less than $3,000,000, jlfej annum, discount, on uncurrent money. A New York correspondent of the Boston Allas, has quite a chapter in relation to the Banks and money matters of New Aork. The writer con tends that the great evil which alilicts our mone tary system, since the destruction ol the National Bank, is the impunity with which every Institu tion does what is right in its He adds: Os course, the most adventurous and unscru pulous nearly monopolise the circulation, leaving the community almost destitute of the notes of the soundest and disercctest Banks. This evil is a flagrant one. At this moment nine-tenths of the Circulating Medium of New York is “un current,” —that is, not received at our Banks, and only converted into bankable funds at a loss of one half to two or three per cent.—No man discounts it but when he must; and in two hours thereafter it is. lent out by the broker to some needy dealer or mechanic, who gives a check to pay “current” for it to-morrow or next day. ! Thus it is again thrown into circulation, to travel its hurried round, until it accumulates in the 1 hands of a grocer or other business man who has 1 a note to pay, when it is ground over again, and starts on a now round. t The Baltimore Sun relates an amusing anec" ( dote of a stranger of genteel appearance and ad , dress who lately made his entry into Baltimore , in the character of a Western merchant, and gave orders to several of the wholesale dealers for mer , chandisc to large amounts: While on their part, ) they supposing that they had a customer worth nursing, treated him with extraordinary attention and hospitality, invited him to dinner and supper parties, feasted him upon every kind of luxury in , and out of season, and drove him about in their j carriages to every place worth s eing. At the end of a week the merchant suddenly became in visible; audit turned out that he was nothing ’ but a loafing journeyman tailor, who had resort ’ ed to this expedient to enjoy the luxury of a * princely living for a season, free of cost.—Nur ' folk Herald. I JHE WAY THEY “ 1)0 THINGS AT THE West. —The St. Louis Commercial Bulletin announces ‘ the marriage of a Mr. Ira Butler, of Connecticut, ’ to Miss Mary Curry, of Jefferson county, Tenn., | after a protracted courtship of thirty-eight minutes, . during which the following scene passed between them. They first saw each other in church, and their eyes meeting, Mr. Butler nodded knowing ly to Miss Curry, who returned the signal. They ‘ met at the door—l’m a nodder, said the gentle man, I’m a noddee, replied the lady. Here’s the church, said the gentleman—there’s the priest, re plied the lady—how lovely those little children look, said the gentleman. The lady began to count her fingers. I’m not married, said the gen | tlemah, arc you ! no, replied the lady—l wish said she—looking at the parson—that you were married 1 interrupted the gentleman, then marry me. Just as you please, said the lady. And suiting the action to the word, their marriage closed the exercises of the day.—xV. Y. Sun. There is a manufactory of pins at Derby in Connecticut, which, it is said, takes the shine otf from all the pewter button manufactories in that Stale, and will make a new chapter for the clock pedlers. Hitherto John Hull has had nearly a monopoly of the pin business; and his patient subjects were, content to make pin heads for six ponse per diem snd go supperlcss to bed. This Derby manufactory saves more than nine tenths ol the labor, and makes belter pins—inasmuch as the heads are formed out of the same wire with the pin, and therefore cannot come oft'. Instead ol seeing a stalwart John Bull moving the wire with his clumsy fingers, we have a curious ma chinery by which the pins arc manufactured by one process from the wire, faster than one person can count them.— Huston Times. American Tract Socxety.— The fourteenth annual teport states that during the year jnew publications have been stereotyped, making the whole number of the society’s publications 941, of width 58 arc volumes. In addition to these, 673 works, including 50 volumes, have been ap proved for publication abroad. Os some tracts more than 100,000 copies have been printed with in the year; and of one 184,000 copies. Total printed during the year, 350,000 volumes—3,os7, 000 publication—l34,744,ooo pages. Singular Sentence. —Last week a man named Nicholas I'. Robinson, was convicted at W ilmington, N. C., of manslaughctr, and Judge Papons, after denying his prayer for “ the benefit of clergy,” passed upon him the following singu lar sentence. “ That the prisoner be taken to the jail whence became, be brought into court at 4 o’clock, P. M., he branded on the brawn of the left thumb with the letter M., and that he be confined in jail six months. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that he is a lawless and dangerous man—the circumstances of the trial of a highly aggravated character, amounting in the opinion of the Court, to murder—ordered that lie enter into recognizance with two good and sufficient securities in the sum of §5OO each, for his good behavior for five years from the expiration of his imp isoninent. And that should he remain in the state at the expiration of five years, he shall then come into Court at the first term of the Court for this county, and make his recognizance null and void, and stand committed until costs are paid.” Boxes of a Mastodon.— Our reulers will recollect of reading some time last summer of tho discovery ol the bones of a gigantic animal, in Crawford counly, Ohio. These bones are now in this city, and will he exhibited in all the pre sent week at Concert Hall, Penn street. The bones ot the head, including a number of grinders arc in a remarkable state of preservation and some faint idea of what the living animal was, may he formed, when we state that the scull and under jaw are 3 feet 3 inches in length and weight 16(1 lbs. the lower jaw 77 lbs—the whole head 337 lbs. of dry bones! There arc many other bones—legs, ribs, vertibra;, &c. all in a good state of preservation.— Pittsburg Advertiser, The Last Labor Sating Resort. —The New Orleans Times gays of the President of the ‘ Lazy Club” in that city, that he carries a kitten under each arm to breathe tor him. Wonder how he gets along with his eating 1 One of the most promising of the Club’s members was lately expelled for expressing the opinion that he thought it allowable to run down hill ! The Nantucket Inquirer publishes the follow ing article from a London periodical of 1783, as corroborative evidence of an often asserted fact, that the first vessel which displayed our National flag on the waters of Great Britain, was a Nan tucket ship: The Thirteen Strifes. —The ship Bedford, captain Moores, belonging to Massachusetts, ar rived in the Downs the 3d of February, passed Gravesend the 4th, and was reported at the cus tom house the 6th instant. She was not allowed regular entry until some consultation had taken place between the commissioners of the customs and the lords of counsel, on account of the many acts of parliament yet in force against the rebels in America. She is loaded with 487 huts of whale oil, is American built, manned wholly by Ameri can seamen, wears the rebel colors, and belongs to the island of Nantucket, in Massachusetts This is the first vessel which displayed the thir teen rebellious stripes of America in any British /port. The vessel is at Horsleydown, a little be low the Tower, and is intended immediately to return to New England. An Extraordinary Charge. —The New York American mentions a striking instance of the uncertain tenure of earthly goods in a case lately reported in the London papers. It was a prosecution for perjury, in the course of which it was given in evidence, that the prosecutrix, Lady Parker, becoming security for her sister, Lady Lake, for the sum of £19,000, in conse quence of legal proceedings for its recovery, be came an inmate of the King's Bench Prison, where she officiated as cook to the more wealthy portion of the prisoners. 03= The Gentlemen invited to attend the Tar get Shooting of the Augusta Artillery Guards this day, are requested to be at the Steam Boat Compa' ny’s Wharf, before nine o'clock , at which hour the corps will take the boat. John N. Raiford,^ Wm. G. Mealing, {-Committee. James M. Papk, J Augusta, May 15th,1839. iKrNOTICE —Augusta Artillery Target Firing. —An Omnibus will leave the U. S. Hotel, a 10 o’clock, for the Sand Bar Ferry, if a sufficient number of passengers offer. It OC/* MR- BUCKINGHAM being unexpectedly detained on his road from the south, will most likely not reach Augusta until this evening, in which case his Lectures will commence on Monday evening, May the 30th ; but ot this due notice will be given. may 18 j t J-J I he 7oung Ladies of the Athenmum design holding a FAIR on Tuesday, the 21st May, above the dry goods store of Messrs. McKee & Dow, No. 369 Broad street. Sales to commence at 4 o’clock, r. m. Tho public are respectfully invited to attend, may 16 (&'RESIDENT DENTIST..— Dr. Monroe’ operating rooms, second door from Broad trect, o Mclntosh-st., opposite the Constitutionalist office march 13 Cj’ BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—' The next regular meeting of this society will take place a the Presbyterian Lecture Room, on Friday evenin next. C. F. STURGIS, Secr’v. may 15