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Robert, on the Home ol St. P“ler , ut
Koine.
[ I'rauslated from “ Mr moire* de MmUtme In
Ihic/icsse d' Ahrantcs.” One in list have nerves
of steel to reail without trembling, this account ol
Robert's perilous enterprise. Robert was tin en
thusiastic young painter, n pupil of the French
Academy, sent to Rome to study the frescoes.] —
JV. 1". Lit. Goz,
Robert was one day at St. Peters. The hour
of divine service was past, ami he was almost
alone. The silent and religious quiet of this vast
edifice, was interrupted only by the footsteps of a
few casual visiters. Robert cast on all sides bis
look of ardent enthusiasm in search of new won
ders. On a sudden he saw a rope descend from
the opening at the lop of the grand cupola; a
workman having approached, fastened to it a
bucket of water, and it again ascended. The roof
was out of repair, and some masons were at work
upon it. This gave him the idea ol ascending
the eupoln.
“I was rurioos,” said he, “to examine as close
ly ns possible the injury done to this rolussus of
modern architecture, which, shooting up towards
heaven, seems contemptuously to say tuthe ruined
monuments around it, lam elernal, Its pride
seemed to me much lowered. That rope, that
bucket, and that solitary workman, struck me as
contemptible,” lie ascended the dome. On his
arrival at the summit, he was struck with admi
ration and wonder al the magnificent prospect
before him.
It was a splendid and living panorama, lighted
by sunbeams so different from those of every oth
er country, covering nature with u bright and
glorious veil of beautiful colors, which floats over
■the buildings, trees, and land of Italy alone. He
then looked more nearly around him, and per
ceived a few workmen repairing some slight dam
age done to the roof of the dome. To obtain
water with greater case, they had placed across
the opening of the cupola two long planks lied
together; over them a rope was thrown, which
descended into the church. These planks might
he two feci and a half in width, mid as the ap
paralns was intended merely to support a bucket
of water, no one cared whether it would or would
not hear a greater weight.
Looking on these things with the eyes of a
young man of twenty, with eyes that see danger
only to brave and laugh ut it, Robert begun to
think that it must he u singular sight to behold
St. Pcter’a from top to bottom, the reverse of the
manner in which every thing that has bum• and
summit is generally seen—namely, from bottom
to top. This idea soon took such possession of
his mind, that he must needs satisfy it. Never
once calculating whether the plank across the
opening, which was three hundred feet from the
ground, was strong enough to hear his weight, he
placed one foot upon it, then the other, and be
hold him upon this dangerous bridge, without
any possibility of turning hack !
When for the first time, he told me this story,
■the instant 1 saw him upon the plonk, suspended
as it were between heaven and the hard marble
floor upon which he might have been dashed to
atoms, I was seized with a giddiness such as he
might himself be expected to have felt when in
this critical situation. We surrounded him close
ly, eager to catch every word he uttered, and fol
lowed him step by step across this dangerous
bridge.
“Scarcely had I performed a third of my jour
ney,” said ho, “when, eager to enjoy the spec
tacle 1 sought, I cast my eyes below! At the
same instant, a hissing sound whizzed through
■my ears, my head became covered with a veil of
darkness, succeeded by one of lire. I was seized
in short, with the most horrible vertigo. Fortu
nately, I had presence of mind immediately to
shut my eyes and stand still. I cannot express
to you wlint I tell at this moment, when I heard
voices close to my ears, uttering in whispers the
most dreadful blasphemies! It was the work
men ! I opened my eyes to continue my peri
lous journey, for I lilt that if I remained n minute
'longer in this situation, 1 should die even without
ialling.”
lie was advancing with a firm step upon that
■narrow plank, when ho felt the wood crack under
him I u„ a,.,. w— ~r >\... v
.and the weight of Ins body, so much greater than
that of the water bucket, must necessarily break
the bridge, and ho he precipitated to the bottom.
“Ah!” said a lad, who heard the wood crack,
“the plank is rotten! The unhappy man will
f .”
He did not pronounce the word ; for the head
workman placed Ins hand upon the lad’s mouth.
When Robert reached the other side, and saw
the plank, the abyss, and the death behind him,
he fell upon his knees, and poured forth his
humble thanksgiving to Almighty Hod for his
delivery from danger.
“Ah! my friends,” said he to the workmen,
with a smile of ineffable joy, and Ins eves swim
ming in tears, “how happy I am I”
But instead of sharing his delight, the work
anon seized and bout him furiously.
“Cursed Frenchman! rascal! scoundrel!” —
howled the chorus of masons, “villain, how you
frightened us!”
The following letter has been furnished to the
.editors of the Philadelphia Pennsylvanian,
of the Pirate Mursuud, at
Kordennx.
AJoriikacx, March 24, 1830.
“Captain Marsnud, who murdered the Captain
ond part of the crew, and took command of (lie
French ship Alexandre, (which vessel was seized
at Newport, U. 1., sometime since, and sent under
The command of an officer from on board n French
man of war to Bordeaux) has been tried, found
.guilty and executed at Bordeaux for the above
Airline, A young man, his second officer, has
also been tried and found guilty, Inn on account
•f his sgc, has been rocoinmettded to mercy. Tho
execution of Marsaud took place three hours alter
tho passing ofliis sentence. Before his death he
made a full confession of all his crimes. He said
that seven men were thrown overboard by his
order, and that the male of the ship imploringly
begged ofliim only one half hour's lime in order
that he might write to, and take a last farewell to
his mother, and offered him (Marsaud) the sum
of 30,000 francs for said half hour, hut that he
unmercifully denied it to him.
It is very much wondered at, ha Bordeaux, why
it was that the French authorities in the United
States experienced so much difficulty from tho
American magistrates in having such a monster
given up. It is also stated that four of the pirati
cal crew who had a hand in the above mutiny
and murders, are still in the United Slates, and
that all the entreaties of the Commander of the
French man of-war Bergere, could not induce the
Americans to give them up.
Sailor’s Dread or Fbiuax.—“Columbus
sailed from Spain on Friday, discovered land on
Friday, and re-entered the port of Palos on Fri
day. These curious coincidences should have
sufficed, one might think, to dispel the supersti
tious dread still so prevalent of commencing a
voyage on that ominous day.”
To our certain knowledge, the keel of Old Iron
sides was laid oc Friday; she was launched on
Friday; went to sea os Friday; fought her first
battle on Friday, and discovered she had lost
General Jackson’s figure head on Friday.—JV. V.
Wh ; g. ' •
Tut. Papers of Boskbt Mskhis— thegrent
financier of the Revolution, who may he said al
most without a figure to have organized victory
for our arms, by the timely supplies, which none
but he could at times raise for the troops—are, it
is said in the Philadelphia North American, about
to he published. They will add precious materi
als for the history of our heroic age.—JV. Y.
American,
nilftONiniiK AND SKNTINED.
i
a AUGUSTA.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 21.
a 1
_ The lute Convention.
One of the Editors of this paper, having al
r tended the lute Reduction Convention at Mil
( leiigeviile, and having taken copious notes, will
i hr able from time to time, to lay before our read-
H ers, many mailers of interest in relation to its
proceedings. We shall discuss the merits of the
, proposed amendments to the constitution—the
t various plans proposed and rejected—show the
r
1 why and wherefore many things were done as
’ they should not have been done, and others not
done as they should have been; not forgetting the
how —the manner in which things were done.
It may lie necessary occasionally, in noting the
movements of individuals in that hotly, and (heir
influence in bringing about the ends which the
Convention arrived at, to hit friends as well ns
foes.— We shall certainly spare none in pour,
trnying to the people, who have a right to
he informed of all things connected with the
subject, the various interests brought into aclive
opcrali m—the combinations natural and unnatu
ral— the alliances open and covert, formed to effect
sectional and parly purposes, and at the same time
interlace our sketches with notices of incidents,
important and unimportant, which occurred in
and out of that body, and of individuals, distin
guished and undistinguished, who figured cither
as the leaders or the led. This latter subject will
he one of great interest; rieh in the devclopemcnt
of the curiosities of politics, and (he manoeuvres of
politicians; showing how little men became great
and great men little, and how the order of nature
was reversed, by the big fish being swallowed by
the minnows and borne off by them in unresisting
submission, a prey to their ravenous and preco
cious appetites! In unfolding for tho amuse
ment and instruction of our readers, the act,
ings and doings of that notable body known
us the Reduction Convention, we again repeat,
that we shall censure and applaud both friend and
foe, wherever censure and applause are due.
In relation to the ultimate question of ratifica
tion, we have not yet determined what we shall
do—we are on the fence, and do not yet know j
upon which side wc shall get down. The amend
ments adopted arc unjust and iniquitous enough
to deserve rejection; hut the prospect of reducing
that unwicddly mob, the Georgia Legislature,
upon almost any terms, is a powerful considera
tion. Wo advise our render* not to make tip
their minds upon the subject, until the whole mat
ter is fully and fairly canvassed—to determine
upon calm reflection whether the benefits to be
reaped, or the permanent injustice to he suffered
by the whole middle and western parts of the
State, shall preponderate, and cast their votes ac
cordingly. As for ourselves, we shall lake the
Dutchman’s rule—smoke our pipe and cat our i
cabbage, and then sleep upon it. Like the re* 1
nowned Wouter Van who decided a law
case by weighing the accounts of the parties in i
cadi hand, and then dismissing the suit, and 1
making the constable pay the costs, we shall J
weigh well, the had nlrl system, and the had new t
one, and then decide according loikek lief I, which
shall have our vote. J’he people have already 1
pant tltc costs, tuttl we llooK it u mutter ut no
great moment which way the verdict shall go.
There will ho no organized opposition to the rati
fication on party grounds—many of our political
friends will oppose and others will ratify the
amendments proposed by the convention. The
same may he said of the other party, a great many
of whom are dissatisfied with what was done.
The vote in the Convention on the final adoption
of the amendments wus very much mixed, about
80 Stale Rights and 25 Union men voting togeth
er in the negative.
MrrfAi. 1 nsvnarcs.—The Yarmouth Regis
ter, speaking of the Barnstable County Mutual
Fire Insurance Company, says: “Members of the
Company whose policies expired on the Ist inst.,
arc entitled to a dividend of 110 cents for each
dollar paid as premium, and tho whole amount of
iheirdeposite notes. For the six years the Com
pany has been incorporated, it has cost the mem
bers less than nothing at all to have their proper
ty insured. Those who want to get insured at a
cheaper rate must go to—Boston.”
The Alexandria Gazette states that Lt. Edwin
W. Moore, late of the U. S. Navy, has accepted
the situation offered him by the Texian Govern
ment, us Commander in Chief of the Texian
N avy.
Another Yankee Notion, —The Bangor
Whig says, an ingenious mechanic of that city
is constructing a beautiful carriage to he propell
ed without horses,steam, or magnetism, but sole
ly by the weight of the passenger, applied to
treadles.
The largest Sunday School in the world is al
Stockport, in England. The number of pupils
in 1837 was 4,244, and of teachers 440. The
scholars are taught in a large building,erected for
the purpose.
The New York Whig states that William Leg
gett, Esq., late editor of the Plain Dealer, has
been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Cen
tral America.
The Plunder op the Disputed Tkbbi-
TORI , The Fredericton Sentinel says, we un
derstand that it has been decided in Council, held
at the Government House, that “the timber lately
cut upon the disputed territory, shall, under the
peculiar circumstances, he allowed to go to mat
ket on the payment of a duty of eight shillings
per ton, or upon good and sufficient securities for
the payment of that duty, within six months.”
A most villanous act was recently perpetrated
at the Race Track at Raleigh, N. C. The stables
of Major McDaniel were burned to the ground,
and his valuable race horse Red Wasp perished
in the flames. This fine animal was held ut
10 000. When the lire was discovered, the
cinders from the roof were falling in, and every
effort to induce the horses to leave was unavailing
I om the New Orleans LdUitiinian of the 1 Oth.
Interesting fioin the City of Mexico.
We lire indebted to the kindness of tt friend
for a copy o( the following interesting letter Iroiu
the city of Mexico. The writer expresses a warm,
hut just indignation at the wrongs inflicted upon
our countrymen hy the faithless and barbarous
Mexicans—having been an eye witness of many
-of the outrages to which he alludes, his indigna
. tion is quite natural, although lie expresses it in
language which, to those at a distance, may seem
intemperate. Ourgovernmentcertuinly hasbeen
■ too lenient toward those people; Unreal to a fault,
i It is noapology to allege the weakness of Mexico
. as a reason for not inflicting upon her the chas
tisement which she has merited from the United
States. Justice is the first of virtues—mercy
! holds an inferior rank. In the present ease a just
, redress of the wrongs ofourown citizens, if exae
, ted and enforced from Mexico years ago, would
have been better for that power than a prolonged
1 and feeble negotiation, which has operated as an
encouragement to the continuance and repetition
of insults, and must inevitably lead o a crisis in
which our government will bo compelled to do
that which might have been more easily and
honorably done at first.
We received this letter on Monday evening,
but unfortunately too late to admit its insertion m
yesterday’s Louisianian.
“City or Mexico, April 23, 1839.
“ My Dear Sir,—Your letter of the 30lh ult.,
with its enclosure, was received on the It th in
stant, for which, I return you my grateful ac
knowledgments.
“ You inform me that Judge Ellis has been or
dered to hold himself in readiness to proceed to
Mexico,and that I may expect him soon. This
is joyful news, so far as my private wishes arc
concerned; hut for our countrymen, whose grie
vances have been.suffered too lung to remain nn
redrnssed, I cannot but feel, in common with all
Americans, acquainted with these things, ex
tremely mortified ; for if our own government ex
perts that the claims of our fellow citizens upon
this country will ever be liquidated by pacific
means, it will he disappointed. Must we then
believe that the delay of atonement for their man
ifold wrongs is to be interminable 1 Negotia
tion is a futile and absurd way of bringing the
Mexicans to a sense of justice—experience has
amply proved it to he so. Nothing but the strung
arm of power will effect that object. Indulgence
is attributed to timidity—forbearance is construed
into inability to punish them.—They deserve nei
ther the one nor the other. So far from this sys
tem being of any avail to convince them of what
they owe to justice and the rights of civilized na
tions, spoliation, rapine and mutder have been re
peated over and over again upon the properly
and lives of our country men, under the eyes and
with the connivance of the authorities of Mexico.
Do you think impunity cun possibly have any
other effect than to excite them to repeat these
outrages 1 After so many fruitless attempts to
obtain justice by negociation, is it not farcical to
send an embassy hither at this time ?
“ Our government has so long turned a deaf
ear to the complaints of our countrymen, that
they are tired out, and deem it useless to renew
them, ami thus the Mexicans are led to think
that wc are abandoned to their tender mercies ;,
that they’ have only to inflict whatever injuries
they please, and we are bound to suffer without
remonstrance. If we appeal to this government
for protection, they tell us to apply to the judicia
ry—the judiciary, to whose department the sub
ject really appertains, is composed of men who
are totally irresponsible, and leagued with the
unbridled robbers and assassins—who, by the by,
are no worse than the villainous judges, whose
duly it is to punish them. It is useless to expect
a decision from these judges in the case of an
outrage committed by their cut-throat country
men upon a foreigner, however glaring the proofs
may be, and we arc obliged to submit in silence.
Our own government is well apprised of these
tilings—«mdyetit looks on with as much apathy
as if it were under no obligation to give protection
to American citizens, ,
“But there are some Americans who are det«r
miticd to make these things known to the nation,
n,ul to lot, tUotr country o\, ,vK .t iniUtTcC
enccthe rights of her sons in Mexico are regard
ed, and whether the blame attaches to the legis
lative or executive agerns ; whoever is in fault, he
ought to be held up to public reprehension.
“ The affairs of this capital go on as you might
expect they would under the guidance of presi
dent Santa Ana. The few liberal journals told
too many truths of the past and the present for
the sensitive nerves of that worthy, and on the
Bth instant, his excellency issued a decree lor
their suppression—an outrage upon the liberty of
the press which was directly contrary to the funda
mental laws of the country. Mr. Lebreja, the
minister of the interior, refused to sanction this
tyrannical decree, and he was forced to resign.
Mr. Ilurbido. the “official mayor,” subscribed Ibis
death warrant of the independent presses. Mr.
Verejnende, the editor of the “ Volo Nacional,”
had previously been thrust into the dungeons of
the holy inquisition. The decree forbids, under
Ihe severest penalties, the expression of opinions
derogatory to church, state or military establish
ment. To delect and bring to light all violations
of this most arbitrary enactment of the tyrant’s
will, a rigid system of espionage is set in motion,
mid wo to the hapless “heretic” whose lips are
not kept sealed.
“His excellency has taken under his especial
guardianship, the hacienda and all its arteries, and
the minister of the treasury is not permitted to
pay out one cluco without his consent.
“ I hear that congress is in a state of great ex
citement, in consequence of an order given by
acting president Santa Ana, directing the military
commandants of the departments to seize, without
ceremony, all the funds accruing from the revenue
of those departments, thereby assuming absolute
power for himself and his mandarins. The con
gress begins to think litis measure an unconstitu
tional assumption of power. Printed sheets are
thrown about the streets almost every night, in
which Santa Ana and his adherents are described
in the strongest language, us military despots
and tyrants,
“It is reported that Mexia is within twenty
leagues of Puebla, with one hundred and fifty
mules loaded with arms and ammunition, twelve
pieces of artillery, some of them large, and two
thousand five hundred men. It is thought by
some that he will make a dash upon this city, in
which case he might capture it with much ease.
“An express arrived yesterday morning from
Vera Cruz, with despatches from Admiral Baudin,
claiming from this government compensation for
property lost by the burning of the customhouse
there, belonging to the French citizens. It is also
said that he demanded satisfaction for the abuse
heaped upon him and his government by the
Diario del Gohlenw, stating that as Ihe president
has power to stop other presses by which he him
self is abused, he certainly has power to do the
same thing by a press which is under his imme
diate direction and control.”
From Ihe Wilmington Advertiser of the 17 th.
We mentioned in the last number of the Ad
vertiser, that the Captains of the Steamboats
which came in collision, between this and Charles
ton, wore suspended until the Directory of the
Company could examine the facts and take some
definite action,
j The examination which wasthen pending, has
i ! been brought to a close. A patient and impar
j tial investigation of all the circumstances has re
| suited in the removal of Capt. Davis from the
! command of the North Carolina.
• i Capt. Davis was a favorite with the Company
and the community, and nothing but a stern
1 sense of duty could have forced the Directory to
I have broken him. And none can be more serf
sibleof the corredncss of the act than he.
Several petitions, numerously signed, have been
submitted to the board, praying lor his re-appoint
ment. but as the decision was deliberate, and such
petitions are usually addressed to the feeling rath
er than the understanding, they could not with
propriety, and therefore, did not restore him.
To the honor of Capt. Thos. J. Ivey, he it
said, that one of these petitions was headed by
his name. Superior to petty jealousy, and in- j
sensible to the invidious comparisons which the
malicious or unthinking may have made. Capt.
Ivey, willingly lent the influence of his name
when it might not he without its effect.
Capt. Lawton, of the Vanderbilt, has resumed
his command, and that boat is now performing '
her regular trips.
The North Carolina will lie again ready for sea
about the Ist of June.
The promptitude and firmness with which the
Directory acted upon this matter, is calculated to
establish that confidence in the mind of the trav
eller, which is so essential to the success of their
work.
From Ihe 'Feins National Intelligencer.
Frances of Texas.
By enquiries made at the proper Department,
we are enabled to present to our readers, the
lowing exhibit of the fiscal affairs of the Repub
lic. The estimates have been made under carelul
supervision, and their accuracy may be relied on.
If they vary at all, the variance will be in favor
of Texas, as the amount of imposts and direct
taxes will probably exceed the sums at which wc
have stated them.
The whole amount of paper money (Promis
sory Notes) issued hy the Government since its
formation is §1,098,453; —of this amount it is
; believed that about §198,453, have been received
hy the Different Collectors of Imposts and direct
taxes, since Ihe passage of the law of the last
session of Congress prohibiting its re-issue. This
amount is therefore withdrawn from circulation,
leaving, say §990,000
The whole amount of the Funded
Debt redeemable at the pleasure of
the Government after 1842, is 667,800
The amount of Military Scrip and
all other Scrip in the hands of indi
viduals, is about 248,000
Supposed claims against Govern
ment not yet rendered nor audited 75,000
To this may he added the expenses
of the Civil List for the present year,
’which cannot exceed 400,000
And the whole amount of debt due
oi- bearing interest, is 2,290,800
This will be the amount of debt due at the end
of the present year, including all liabilities ex
cept Naval and Military expenses from this time
forward.
The resources to meet this debt arc estimated
as follows:
Impost duties for the present year, §954,000
Amounts which will be collected
this year for land dues as shown hy
returns made, 564,000
Supposed amount of direct taxes, 250,000
Sale of lots in the City of Austin, 500,000
Sale of lots on Galveston (yet to
be paid;) 250,000
Sale oflots in the City of Calhoun, 500,000
§3,018,000
Prompt measures will be taken in future to
enforce the collection of the direct taxes. In ad
dition to the foregoing amounts, there will be
collected in the course of next year about $1,000,-.
000 for Land dues, the certificates for which have
either issued or will issue in the course of the pre
sent year. There will also be nearly one million
collected next year in direct taxes, as Patents will
issue during the present year for Lands hereto
fore disposed of, and from that period those lands
will be subject to direct taxation. Besides the
receipts from these sources, Government owns
160,(100,000 of acres of land, most of which arc
of a fertile soil and possess one of the most salu
brious climates in the world. This vast tract
constituting the Public Domain must yield an
immense amount < f revenue.
An estimate of the imports of the last year can
not tie made accurately, us no accounts were kept
in Eastern Texas, by far the most populous por
tion of the Country. The returns from five Cus
tom H u.-es show the amount of Imports up to
the 3()ih of September last, to be §1,840,376. and
the Duties collected on those Imposts §350 000.
There being no duties on Exports it is difficult
to estimate their amount, but both are rapidly in
creasing, and some conception may be formed of
the rate at which our Imports have increased by
the following fact. The whole amount of duties
paid and secured at Galveston previous to the 30th
of September 1838, was only §163,637, and the
iclurns of the last quarter show, that there was
collected and secured in that Port within the last
quarter, nearly §53,000, almost one third as much
as was collected in the same Port in two prece
ding years.
Such is a statement of the National liabilities
and resources of Texas, and it must he gratifying
to every friend of the Country, that this account
faithfully and impartially slated, presents so flat
tering a picture. By this it appears that our Re
public possesses within itself, exclusive of any
foreign assistanec, ample means for redeeming
ultimately all its liabilities. But still our curren
cy remains depreciated, and it is proper to seek a
remedy for this evil. It is evident from the state
ments we have made, that there will be an in
creased demand for the Promissory Notes of
Government during the current year, and this
will raise them nearer a par value. Paper mo
ney, however, to be useful for Commercial pur
f poses, must be founded on a specie basis, into
which it may be readily convertible. As long as
our money is not predicated on such basis, it will
be less valuable to merchants and all who have
occasion to deal with it, than the paper issues of
the United States, which are generally converti
ble into specie. Hence as long as our papermo J ,
ney is interior in this particular to that of the
United Slates, our people will he forced under the
form of a discount , to pay them a heavy tribute.
A loan nogociated abroad would remedy these
evils. It would a fiord the means of paying oil
Ihe interest of the funded debt in paper of par
value, and would give a basis on which to found
a new issue oi convertible specie notes. Were a
portion of it also devoted to internal improve
ments, it would contribute largely to the wealth
and revenue of the Country. Considering then
the fiscal condition of the Republic and her im
mense resources which arc yet to be developed,
holders of her money can entertain no reasona
ble apprehensions, and to the Capitalist, Texas
funds at their present rate of interest, hold nut
more than ordinary inducements for investment.
A well has been dug in Liberia, a part of the
Russian dominions, to the depth of 382 feet in
the frozen ground ! Measures are being taken
to ascertain the depth of the frozen ground at
Hudson’s Bay, by the London Geographical So
ciety. At York factory, lat. 57° Sir John
Franklin ascertained that the summer thaw pen
etrated only 3 feet, and on the shores of the Great
Bear only 22 inches !
Bank Restrictions.— An act of the New
York Legislature, passed May 7,provides:—
Ist. That no Bank shall receive or pay out as
money, any bill post notes issued by any indi
vidual or corporation residing out of the State,
and redeemable at any place or corporation ivithin
| the State.
\ VJ \ V\
2d. No Bui.lT iiiay procure or receive from in
dividuals or corporations, residing out of the
State, any such hills or notes. ,
3d. It is unlawful for the Banks to lend or pay
j out, for papers discounted or purchased by them, 1
any hank hills or notes not received at par, by C
the said institutions for debts due inem. I
4th. A fine of one thousand dollars is im- [
posed for breach of either of the provisions of the
act, and every officer, clerk, or servant, who shall
knowingly assist or aid in the violation, to bo
fined not exceeding SSOO, or imprisonment not
exceeding 0 months.
s ;
-/Trom the Vicksburg Sentinel of the 1 Uh.
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Last evening, after our form was made up. we
received the Brandon Sentinel, containing the
following highly important intelligence.
Destruction of the Real Estate Bank
at Decatur.—As our paper went to press, we
were informed by a gentleman direct from Deca
tur, (Mi.) that tlie Real Estate Bank at that
place, was set fire to by a mob, and burned, to
gether with all the books and papers. Nothing
was saved. He also stated, that much excite
ment prevailed ; and it was feared that if the
mob was not quelled, they would wreak their
- vengeance upon the persons and property of the '
' .directory. /
From the N. Y. Express.
The North Eastern Boundary Ques
tion. —It appears that a re-survey of the disputed
Territory is to he entered upon by the United
S'atcs and British Governments, which will end,
we presume, ns heretofore, in further disputes,—
without any satisfactory results. The corres
pondence between Lord Palmerston and the Uni
ted States Minister Plenipotentiary to London,
indicates the existence of the old disease, —the
indisposition on the part of loth Governments to
look this grave question full in the faro. Both
Governments reason, that the Territory is not
worth a War to either, and both wish to protract
a settlement, because this seems to he the easiest
way of getting over, and getting round the press
ing embarrassments. In the mean time, we fear,
that this delay is but the means of gathering ma
terials to make the difficulty graver than ever,
when it comes to an end. If the settlement is to
end in a compromise, the increase of population
is every day making a compromise almost impos
sible, for though men can agree as to parcelling
off the acres of a wilderness, it is no easy thing
to agree when the division is to he made of men
and minds. The population of Maine is daily
pushing to the Arostook, and the late border
troubles have hut directed thither the attention of
Emigrants. The Timber is a thing'lo he quar
relled about every Winter, and Trespassers will
steal, unlesk every Log lias a sentry over it.
Wc have but very little hope of a good result
from a re-survey. The Ground is well known to
both the British and American surveyors, who
have been over it. Great Britain wants a Mili
tary Road, and wants it so much, that her Sur
veyors will see Highlands even as the Dutch King
did, in the Bed of a River, to got it, —and the best
bargain we can make is to give her the Road, and
take good pay elsewhere for it.
Tlie friends and acquaintances of James B
Bishop are respectfully invited to attend tlie fune
ral of their son, Thomas Alstf.r, this evening, at
five o’clock, p. m , from their residence on Broad
street.
rTf NOTICE. —The Bail Road Passenger Train,
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows: —
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a.m.
“ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30
“ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 00
“ “ Branchville, “ - 11 00
“ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 m.
“ “ Blackville, - “ -100 p. M.
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
DOWNWARD.
Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m.
“ “ Aiken, - “ - - 730
“ “ Blackville, “ - • 930
“ “ Midway, “ - - 10 30
“ “ Branchville, “ - - 11 00
“ “ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 m.
“ “ Summerville,“ - -200 p. m.
Arrive at Charleston not before 300
Distance—l3s’miles. Fare Through —$10 00.
Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
longer than 5 minutes for wood and water at any
■ station. *
To stop for passengers, when a white flag is
hoisted,ateither of the above stations; and also at
Sineaths, Woodstock, Inabinct’s, 41 mile T. D.,
Rives’, Grahams, Willeston, Windsor, Johnsons,
and Marsh’s T. O.
Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstock and
dine at Blackville ; down, will breakfast at Aiken
and dine at Summerville. may 21
dfj' The Young Ladies of the Atlicmeum design
holding a FAIR on Tuesday, the 21st May, above
i tlie dry goods store of Messrs. McKee & Dow, No.
369 Broad street. Sales to commence at 4 o’clock,
p. m. The public are respectfully invited to attend,
may 16
The following gentlemen have been ap
oointed by his Honor the Mayor, as Health fom
nittees in the Wards respectively attached to their
names:—
Messrs. G. F PARISH, -j
P. H. MANTZ, Ward No. 1.
S. H OLIVER, J
r M. M. DYE,
T. I. WRAY, i-Ward No. 2.
1 J. G. DUNLAP,.)
J. D. BISHOP,
’ / R. W. FORCE, f- Ward No. 3 K
1 T. RICHARES. J N.
! C. li. HITT, *
1 E. B. BEALL, J- Ward No. ■».
J. J. COHEN. J
F Mav 1
. Off The following are the Standing Committee
, VPPmiUbd by the Mayor for the year 1539 and ’4O: /
. Accounts —St. John, Warren and Harper. /
. Streets —Parish, Rankin and Hitt.
' Magazine —Hitt,Crump and Dye.
ILispital —Dye, Hitt and Thompson.
Drains —Harper, Crump and Parirh.
City-Hall —Rankin, Hitt and St. John.
, Pumps and Wells —Bishop, Rankin and Dye.
Market —Bush, Nelson and Thompson.
Police —Warren, St. John and Parish.
Jail —Crump, Nelson and Bush.
’ Health —Nelson, Hitt and Parish.
, Engines —Thompson, Nelson and Harper.
> South Commons —Hitt, Ctump and Dye.
, Charity —Bishop, Crump and Rankin.
River Bank and Wharf —Bishop, Warren and
i St. John.
1 RECAPITULATION.
St. John —Accounts City- Hall, Police, River Bank
and Wharf.
Parish—Streets, Drains, Police and Health.
Hitt—Magazine, Hospital,City-Hall, Health, and
South Commons.
Dye—Hospital, Pumps and Wells, Magazine, and
South Commons.
Harper—Drains, Accounts and Engines.
Rankin—City-Hall, Streets, Pumps and Wells,and
Charity.
Bishop—Pumps and Wells, Charity', River Bank
and Wharf.
Bush—Market and Jail.
Warren—Police, Accounts, River Bank and Wharf.
Crump—Jail, Magazine, South Commons, and
Drains.
Nelson —Health, Market and Engines.
Thompson—Engines, Hospital and Market.
S. H. OLIVER, c lerk of Council,
ap 25 3 m
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N Y.
A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS.
Dr. War. Evans’ Celebrated Soothing Syrup
for Children Cutting their Teeth.
This infallible remedy’ has preserved hundreds of
children, when thought past recovery, from con
vulsions. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the
gums, tlie child will recover. This preparation is
so innocent, so efficacious, and so pleasant that no
child will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with it.
\\ hen infants are at the ago of four months,though
there is no appearance of teeth, one bottle of the
Syrup should be used on tlie gums to open the
pores. Parents should neverbe without the Syrupfc
in the nursery where there are young children ; for'
if a child wakes in the night witli pain in the
gums, the Syrup immediately gives ease by open
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Sold by ANTONY & HAINES,
, . Sole agents in Augusta,
n 7- M-TURNER, Savannah.
I.M. COHEN & Co., Charleston,
SHARP Ac ELLS, Miliedgevilie,
C. A. ELLS, Macon,
A.W. MARTIN, Forsyth,
BENJAMIN P. POORE, Athens,
MARK A. LANE, Washington.
OCT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, for the benefit
of the Sick Poor of Augusta and its vicinity.—
The V isiting Committees for theensuing month are
as follows:
Division No. 1 —Mr. A. McLanp, Mr. C. Pike
Mrs. Crump, Miss E. Marshall,
Division No. 2.—Mr. Jno. W. Stoy, Mr. George
Cooke, Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Boggs.
Division No 3.—Mr. E. W. Doughty, Mr. J. B.
Hart, Mrs. B. McKinnie, Mrs. Berryhill.
C. F, STURGIS
ffj“Tlie President and Vice President being ah
sent these committees will call upon the Secretary
for funds. ap 23-lt
Consignees per South Carolina Rail Road.
Hamburg, May 20, 1839.
Stovall, Simmons & Co., Ratfibone k Baker, T.
Dawson, A. Frederick, Haviland, Rislcy & Co.,D.
Hoyt, Clark, Racket & Co., A. Picquet, Rankin, >
Boggs & Co., G. R. Jessup, Reese & Beall, D’An
tignac & Hill, Clark, McTeir & Co., Peter Goliy,
A. McKenzie, B. W. Poore, Taylor & Perntt, J. F.
Benson, George Parott, H. L. Jeffers, Anderson &
Adams, E. Boyce, T. Goldsmith.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, May 20.
Arrived yesterday —Barque Champion, Warren,
Boston.
Cleared —Ship Rambler, Baxter, Havre; brig J
Calhoun, Bullen, Havana; brig Veto, Pearson, New
York; schr Abigail, Vincent, West Indies; schr Os -
trich, Ellis, Gibara, Cuba.