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OIIHONICL \ND SBNTINF.L. ai<:i s r a . I'l KMUV MORNING, J! M |-j. POU u.UVEHNOIt, i II \ R I, 1> O Vi; II 1, it T Y , <> I ‘ I lUK lor N IV. W e commend to the perusal of our readers, tlic articli in to-dey’s paper from the National Intel ligencer. It hows the standing of the Snb- I reasury with the V an Huron pnrly in Congress, in 1831. Then it was not a jxtrty manure, and they all opposed it save one man, (Mr. liealc o( Va); now it ft a parly measure, and they sll support it, and even excommunicate from their ranks any one who does not. It will he seen too that Mr. Folk, who is now the travelling candidate of the parly, for the oflicc of Governor ofTennessoe, then made a speech against it. In that speech he made use of arguments in favor of the Hanks, as the fiscal agents of the Govern ment, which he now makes use of in favor of the Sub-Treasury, and applied to the latter measure denunciations then, which he applies to the Hanks now. He then declared the Hanks to he the safest depositories* and the boat agents, and the Huh-Treasury the most unsafe and inconve nient. He has now reversed his position on both questions, swears to his own consistency and de nounces as federalists every one who has not kept up with himself in abandoning the interests of his country, to sustain the interests of his par ly- We regret to learn by a letter from Milledgc villo, received in this city yesterday, that Gov. Gilmer lies dangerously ill. From the National Intelligencer. A respected subscriber of onrs, who has been a Member of Congress lor several years past, has -equesled us to publish the Speech of Mr. Tolk, late Speaker of the House ol Heprrscnlalives, against the Sub-1 reasury Scheme when proposed by Mr. Gordon, of Virginia, and also Hie Veas and Nays upon that proposition. He says that he wishes the People to see and understand that when an individual Member of Congress pmpo sed the Sub-Treasury Scheme as a substitute for a Heposito Hank bill, it was rejected by a largo and overwhelming majority (only one Member of the Administration parly voting for it)— though, when the very same moauure was afterwards re cuminciuled hy tin: Frcsident , it was and is sup ported by the very same members and parly who had before rejected it. “W hat, he asks, has pro duced this sudden change of opinion and action ? ’/’he answer is plain. The power and patronage <j| the President are omnipotent. He is the head and leader of hit men, as the sun turns the sun llowcr, Shall me wan, like the King in a Mon urohv, rule tins country ? Or shall the People rule, urn) make their own laws ! 'That’s the great question to bo now decided,” Our subscri ber, the former Member ol Congress, goes on to say (speaking ofhimself) us follows ; t ‘ I voted with the Administration against Mr. Gordon's Sub-Treasury plan, because 1 thought it injurious to tin Peoph and c iimi tut VII w 111 tin; ■ iv.,« , arm-ally supported by » uTlt (llie then b uder in the House ol Rcprc -tentative*.) My principles are not made ofln dia-rubber; and therefore 1 cannot follow in the footsteps or fore!racks of President \ an Huron. He and his parly-worshippers must excuse mo Iron) surrendering my judgment and conscience t» his keeping. lean reconcile parallel principles blit 1 leave principles so at right angles with one unetln r to he settled and rendered consistent hy the magical influence of Presidential power and (lovernmeut patronage.” V\ e eoinply with the wish of our correspondent hy publishing what he requests, as follows: On the Huh day of February, 1835, when the bill lor regulating (lie ileposites of public money was tinder consideration. Mr. Polk delivered a long Speech in support of it, which is reported in the eleventh volume of the Hegislcr of Debates beginning at folio 1200. From that report wc make the following xxtiiii r t'UOM tut; set;uni or mu, eox.it, or TUN N KSSKI:. \\ iiilst I am up, it may be well to notiee sonic other propositions of amendment, which the House have been notified will bo made to this bill, especially as I may not have another oppor tvinity to address the House. *\ gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Gordon) has signified his inten tion to move the amendment to this bill which he presented and had printed by order of die House some days ago. That amendment pro vides that the‘collectors of the public revenue,’ when the amounts collected are small, -shall be the agents of the Treasurer, to keep mid disburse the a tine;’ and'lhat they shall receive an annual compensation. It provides, tnrlhei, that, at I'la es where the amount collected shall be large, -receivers’ shall be appointed, -to be agents of I rcasurer to k-op and disburse the public moneys, and that loey shall be paid an annual compensation for their services. The Secretary the Tream \, in Ins report, has not overlooked the description of personal agency here proposul, but has sub nilled to Congress his views in re l-xiion to it. He stales that -ibis kind of per «ii a' a ;eiicy is in Ids opinion, to be avoided in all practicable and safe cases, tinder our pre- M-nl system of selected banks; because it would render the system less eon-venient. less secure, an I m ire complex, if not more expensive.’ • * i •I'nlcss the States, and the Tinted states, should both deem il proper gradually, and in the end en tirely, to dispense with the paper system, and which result is mi anticipated, the Government cannot escape occasional losses from that quarter, and can never hope to escape all losses from bulks as fiscal agents, except by theemploynient in their place, ol other an-1 individual agents, wha will probably be foutl I less respond le? sate, convenient, or economical.' He concedes that it would be practicable to employ such agents, but not recommend it, for the reasons slated in the paragraphs of the report which I have read, an I because it would not, -in the present condi tion of things, be so eligible a system as the pre sent one.’ “A corporation may I e safer than any individ ual agent, however responsible he may l»e, he eause it cniie.tls of an association if iiuf vidit als who hare thrown together their aggregate'! wealth, anti who a-e hound in th-ir corpnr: te character, t • the extent of their whole capita / stuck, for the d-uotlc. In addition to this, the Secretary of the Treasury may require as heavy collateral security ,in addition to their capital paid in, from ,-ueli u corporation, as could Ironi *u indiv ulual collector or receiver, w hich makes the Government depos'-tes hi the ha uls of il bunt, than il cold h w th an indr'dual ‘ It may In* w.l. questioned whether the hear'- ul j curtly wh eh Ihi must wealthy individual fill,l g.rr. , ~/,/ mut, public drpoeitc safe ’ at the. paint of large collection. In the city of New I urk bill the revenue is collected. Sever al millions ol public money may be in the bands •’I s receiver at one time; and ifju be corrupt or “hall engage m spe ulatiun „r trade, ami meet with a reverse ol fortune, the lose sustained b\ Go'ernmeur’■■■-ujld l<- ine> i*aWc " i*h--mpi« I ,! Hccurny, a* n wasfiuppo.a-d, Mir Government lost 1 a million or more in the tea rases, a few years 1 ago. The losses in three eases alone, as already slated, in lb!i7 and 1628, when it was supposed ample rare had been taken to secure the debt, amounted to near two millions. As, then, be i Iwitu Ihf responsibility of a public receiver and j hunk Cur jo,rut ions, os hanks do exist and arc ; likely to exist, under Htnte authority, the /ultrr, 1 upon the ground of safely to the Public, are to be preferred. ' Hanks, when they are saf., recommend them selves to the service of the Treasury for other reasons. ‘ I. The increased facility they possess over individual collector t or receivers, in making transfers of public money to distant points for disbursement, without charge to the Public. In deed. this is a service which individuals, to the extent of our large revenues, could not perform. “2. It may happen, in the fluctuation of the amount of revenue and expenditures, that there will ho at some times a considerable surplus in the Treasury ; which, though it may ho temporary, if it be withdrawn from circulation, and placed in the strong box of a receiver, the amount if circu lation will be Injuriously dir tat bed by hoarding the d pirate, by which the value of every article of merchandise and properly would he affected. Ho that, inasmuch as wc cannot anticipate or es timate what the exact amount of revenue or ex penditure may he from year to year, there may occur an excess of revenue in the Treasury, not immediately called for to he disbursed, which it would hr vi rtf inconm nirnt to abstract from trade and circulation. Whilst the deposits in in a bank, the hank may use it, keeping itself at the same time ready to pay when demanded, and it is not withdrawn from the general circulation, ns so much money hoarded and withdrawn from the use of the community. “ it in the hands of receivers, they must either /ward it by keeping it locked up in a strong box or use It at their own rick in private speculation nr trad", or they must, for their own security, and on their own responsibility, place it at hist on deposite in hanks, fur safe keeping, until they are called on by the Government for it. “ This temporary use of the money on deposife in a hank constitutes the only compensation which the hank receives for the risk of keeping it, and for the services it performs. If receivers he em ployed, they can perform no other service than to keep the money, and must he paid a compensa tion from the Treasury.” From the same volume of the Register of De bates (folio 1333) we copy the Yeas and Nays on the question of agreeing to the amendment pro posed by Mr. Gordon for substituting the Sub- Trcasuiy plan: VF.AS AND NATS ON Mil. (lOltnox’s MOTION. V has — Messrs. John CJ. Adams, Homan Allen, John J. Allen, Chilton, Allan, Archer, Barber, Hcalc, Beaty, Campbell, Claiborne, Win. Clark, Clayton, Amos Davis, Davenport, Deberry, Fos ter, Gamble, Gholson, Gordon, Griffin, Heath, I,etcher, Lewis, Martiiidalc, McCotnus, Pickens, Kobe, Unit, Spangler, Steele, William I*. Taylor, Wilde, Williams, Wise—33. N ivs—Messrs. John Adams, William Allen, Ashley, Hanks, Harringor, Mayhes, Bean, Beau mont, Bell, Binnoy, Hoekee, Hoon, Buuldin, Briggs, Brown, Bunch, Burns, Bynum, Cage, C'umhrolong, Carmichael, Carr, Casey, Chancy, Chilton, Chinn, Samuel Clark, (.'lay, Coffee, Cramer, Crane, Darlington, Day, Denny, Dicker son, Dickinson, Dunlap, Evans, Edward Everett, Ewing, Ferris, Fillmore, Forester, Fowler, Wm. K. Fuller, Fulton, Galbraith, Garland Gillet, Gil mer, Gorham, Graham, Grayson, Grennt'.U, Jos. Hall, Hilanjl Thomas H. Hall, Halsey, 1 Ifjuier, Hunnegan, Hard, Hardin, James Harper, 1 Harrison, Hathaway, Hawkins, Henderson, Htes ter, Howell, Hubbard, Huntington, fngo, Wil- 1 ham Jackson, Khcric/er Jackson, Janes, Jarvis, 1 Richard M. Johnson, Noadi dt Johnson, Benjamin Jones, Ktivanugh, Kilgore, King, Kinnnrd, Lane, | Lansing. Luporte, Luke Lea, Thomas Lee, Lin- 1 coin, Love, Loyull, Lucas, Lyon, Lytle, Abijah 1 Mann, Joel K. Mann, Marshall, Mardis, John Y. Mason, Moses Mason, M >y, McCarty, Me.lnlire, Mc.Kay, McKennan, McKim,McKinley, McLene, MeVcne. Miller, Milligan, Miner, Henry Mitchell, Robert Mitchell, Moore, Morgan, Muhlenhurg, Murphy, Osgood, Fuge, Parks, Parker, Patton, Patterson. DuleeJ. Pearce. Phillips, Pierce, Pier son, Pinckney, Plummer, Polk, Pope, i’otts, Kam say, Reed, KevnoJde, tSehenek, Schley, Wm. B. Shepard, Augustine if. Shepperd, Shinn, Slade, Smith, Speight, Stnndefer, William Taylor, Fran cis Thomas, Thomson. Trumbull, Turrill, Twee dy, V aiuT, Van Houlen, Wagoner, Ward, Ward well, Watmough, Webster, Whullou, \\ bite, W ilson—1(11. From the Tall dws see Slur. The Semiaoles. We arc opposed to a treaty with this people upon any other ground than that of their removal as soon as possible, to their destined home west of the Mississippi. If there is faith in contracts —if the law he binding, and if a treaty he hut the oilspring, the legitimate issue of law, then must the treaty of Payne's landing hold good, and re main binding upon both whites and Indians. In all negotiations with the Seminolcs, this Treaty should form the Istsis. The arrangements entered into between Gen eral Macomb and an Indian called by various names—at one time Clrllo t'nstr Migge, at an other Tuslentiggf, ami again Chillo A ninth h. — allow to the In linns the privilege of ‘remaining in the country until further arrangements can he made.’ This is eontraiy to law ami nullities the Plenty of Payne’s Landing; for it sutlers them to remain in the country, instead of taking them out of it; so that the general government have acted in had faith towards the people of Florida, and Major General .Macomb has waltzed all the way to For'. King and hark \tepjnil it to the Metropo lis to do that, which General Jesup would have done two years ago, if he had not hum forbidden hv the Government. The arrangement is furthermore supremely ridiculous. What were the circumstances!— The ('otnm uider-iti-Chief of all the armies of the I tilled Sta'es holds a talk with two or time tri- j thug Indians, who are utterly unknown to Semi- ! note fuar —tells them how ‘sorry their great j Father (the President) is that there had been so j much lighting between his white and red children, and that for their good, he recommends them to | cease firing on each other, and make peace ’ — ( | When lo! the Indians jump mi l whoop, the J 1 s pimvsdance and theofficorsdnucow ith them, and peace is proclaimed I 1,1 de rut, dalde ral, dry. Now who believes for one moment, that these 1 restless, dissatisfied, hloodlhirs,y savages will I abide so shadowy a trace as this! They are a naked, half starved set; and no w onder that they 1 should dunce for very joy at the thought ofhav- i ing time afforded them to plant their com, and I lay up stores, ammunition and clothes, with which to begin anew their fall campaign. They will no more remain below Pease Crock, than i they will voluntarily hid adieu to their native wigwams, and walk olflo Arkansas. \in they. And thus arc our worthy fellow citizens, who reside in the oust, doomed still to suffer ail the fears and horrors of savage incursions! In the name of pity, is it not enough, that the people of Fust Florida, have lost their most valuable pro perty ; have seen their dearest kindred full n prey tollic scalping knile ; have groaned under all the oppressions of a warfare unequalled for its cruel ties. in the min ds of barbarous history I Must j they heat proclaimed in the f gmd language of i peace, that the same diet Iful nun dermissli ges j i are to remain as llnir m gldiom, until • further | 1 arrangements can he made! " oh! shame, where jis lIIy blush I” If there he any pity in the ■ clouds, it should he rained down freely upon op pc J ..I,| bleeding Florida. P• ■ a r \ r b | and lovely land, but it must remain blighted for- i ever, it'the Indian* are not removed. General Macomb close# his communication to j the Secretary of war, which wo publish to-day, 1 with the following paragraph: | "There is every reason to believe, that when r ' the Indians, remaining in Florida, shall learn the prosperous condition of their brethren in Arkan i ■ sas, they will at no distant period, ask to be per* 1 ' milled to join them.” Aye my I,ord, but “now ur never," should lie ■ I the watch word of one ‘horn to command’—one r ■ whose pride ol life is to brandish the sword, and llio eiiivalric daring of whose good Toledo blade, the tragic muse, has been ‘wooed and won’ to f sing. r N'o doubt, whin they hear of the prosperous • condition of their brethren in Arkansas, they will ■ be willing to go; but news of quite a different character lias readied them since that time. The ■ Chief of the Tallahassees who was in at Tampa > on the 22d of April, explicitly declared that some i of his friends had travelled hack from the West, f and brought news as to the situation of their i brethren, who had emigrated, altogether unsatis factory in its nature; and tlirref ire he had visited ■ Tampa in the night, and taken off a party of friendly Indians, who were therein wailing for a favorable opportunity to emigrate. In brief, these chit-chat sort of Treaties, w ith a handful! of vagabond savages, are the supreme humbugs of the day; and should ire scorned, and despised, by every Floridian, as we believe they arc or will be. Wo arc hiphly gratified to notice, in addition to the large and respectable meeting held in our city, upon the subject of the .treaty, that both at Bt. Augustine, and Appaiaohicola, similar meet ings have been held, and spirited resolutions of disapproval passed. There should be meetings, in every county. From the N. Y. Courier h Enquirer. The Slave Ships. We statial yesterday morning in a brio para graph, that nCTPtitannic Majesty’s ship of war Buzzard, (’apt. Fitzgerald, had arrived in our harbour from Barhadocs, accompanied by a prize vessel, culled the Eagle, which had been captuveil while cruising as a slaver. On inquiry, we learn that the Eagle, wit’j an other vessel, were both raptured by the P uzzard on the coast of Africa, while engaged ir, the pi ratical traffic. It does notappear that a’.iy slaves have been taken on hoard the vessels, but they wereffound famished with irons ami ail other implements of the trade, and that subsequent to their capture, the officers and crew admitted that they were and had been engaged in tire slave trade. The vessels, Tt appears, are both Ameri can hnilt, and the officers were all Americans.— When taken they had the Spanish flag flying. Tin: vessels wore fitted out at Havana. One of the captains, (tiieir names we have not learned} is, it seems, a native of New York, and the other of Philadelphia. Tire other prize vessel is ex pected to arrive daily, she having tailed in com pany with the Buzzard from Barhadocs in charges of a British Prize Master. The object‘of this visit to our harbor is, we learn, to deliver over the offenders to our autho rities for trial, and for this purpose nogocialions are now pending between tire British officers and the magistrates here. 2 o’clock, A. M.—The other vessel captured liv tire Buzzard has arrived. She is called (ire i f lera. and was commanded by ‘RrfaViVffifrokcr. I Sire was tekan bn tire coast of Africa, three J months after the capture of the Ragle, command- | cil by Captain Lcting, The British officers found that all the original officers and crews of tire two vessels had died of the Coast fever except two or three 'Spaniards and die two Captains above named. Captain Hooker, is very ill, and not likely to live more than a day or two. Captain Looting is in good health, and has been lodged in tiro debtors’ prison on a writ issued by Judge Betts, at the instance of Captain Fitzgerald and Mr. Buchanan, H. B. M. Consul. Captain Fitzgerald will proceed immediately to Washington, to obtain there the necessary in formation in regard tu the disposal of the prison ers. fn reading “-4 Visit In Texas," we were struck with flic account of an adventure, from which many a politician might draw a useful moral.— The story is of a young traveller who loses his way in i n’cf th l> »un< 1 ss prairies of that region Ho attempts to extricate himself by stretching 'orwnrd in an unbroken straight course; end, when he has pushed on his horse in this mat mar for many hours, he is at last cheered by coming on the fresh traces of another wayfarer like him self, whose track lie hastens to pursue with the hope of speedily finding guidume and food—of the latter of which he had by this time begun to have pressing need. The night overtakes trim and he sleeps upon lire trail; but, rising early, pursues it with renewed vigor, uutikat last, after a long and severe ride, ills hopes are excited afresh by the appearance of another recent trace, which joins that which ire was following. He keeps forward, though much exhausted, with augmented speed, but is still unable to overtake those after whom he is toiling so hard. Hr per severes, however, like one whose last hope is be fore him, and, once more, when the sce.oiuS Jay is near its close, finds a third horseman's trail, that has joined the route of Lire two former, lie is astonished, but still goes on, till lie comes wynn some object which ho thinks he had already seen; and gradually discovers that tire first, as well as all tire subsequent, tacos were his own uncon scious wanderings in tire same continued circle! —Cufymbia Tcleseupe. Loss nr run Hnuxr.T.—A correspondent of the National Intelligencer, Who says, that, at different and distant periods, the fate of the Hor net has been, with him, a malterofinvcstigation, near the place of her destruction, furnishes a long and interesting article upon the subject.— We give a thrilling extract; It was after the lapse of several years that, in the city of Tampico. 1 was repeating to several of my countrymen—sea-captains and others—the statement of Hr. relative to the Hornet. The relation being ended, one of the persons present, Captain . well known as having been many years in the trade between Tampico and New Orleans, informed us that lie was in command of one of the schooners whiph lay off j lire bar of Tampico, and put to sea with the Hor net that evening. Ho staled that the wind com menced Mowing violently from the north ; hence it had been considered merely a norllu rof imusu- I al violence. Such, ho said, was not fact, but that it partook more of the character of the West India hurricane; for that, h, tween eight and nine at night, the wind suddenly shifted from north, or north north west, to southeast; and the change was made with such violence that his vessel, being in ballast only, was instantly thrown on her hoam-end.-, when he was in imminent daiigi r and momentary expi elation of miserably perishing. With the closing of night he hud lass sight of the Hornet and other vessels. On that awful night, while clinging to the rigging of hot capsized vessel, whii li it required the utmost ex ertion of his strength to effect, the sea having been lashed into fury by the opposing winds, an,id the roar of the tempest and rush of waters, suddenly arose above the storm tire shrill sound of the boatswain's call. He was instantly aw are of the proximity of the Hornet, and suddenly she hurst in sight, scud ding north or quartering before the gafe ; fora moment it appealed to him she was lent on his annihilation, to run him over and down ; lie es sived to hail. li, o’lr s iff. it! Before his stiffed w 'rJ< -vcre halt uttered, unheard and unccet’. i he was passed within twenty feet by the. Hornet, I * tin; last time, probably, that ever human eyes, ( | outer than those fated to perish with her, beheld | i her. She came and went like a phantom ship. I i He could have almost touched her. ao’close did , 1 the approximation seem. I asked, did he or j i eonld he note at such a time the appearance ot ; j the vessel 1 remarking that any recollection ol j ■ his might tend to elucidate the loss of the vessel. ■ I He replied, her top-gallant masts hail been sent , j down, that her lower yards were on the gunwale, | I or hanging by the gears, and that she was scud' j 1 ding without a stitch of canvass set. He sup-I i posed, and 1 think truly, that she either plunged | beneath the heavy sea, which had been got up j by the north wind in the first part of the hurri -1 cano, or was swamped hy thn toppling of the cross sea before which the fatal attempt was made to scud, but probably not until an attempt had hern made to lie to, which the change of wind, and the Hornet being a low single-decked vessel, made impracticable. The Captain stated that he was relieved the following day hy one of the schooners which sailed in company, and had i triumphantly rode out the storm. I Protester Post Notes. —Post Notes ot the Mississippi Planters Bank to the amount of three or four hundred thousand dollars, payable at the Bank of America, are now running to maturity, but there are no funds to meet them, and they are of course protested. This is a new feature in pe cuniary disorganization and bankruptcy, and one. of the most alarming. These post notes were given a year ago, for the purpose, generally, of redeeming the issues of the Bank, which could not then he met; but it was understood that these notes would certainly he paid. They were issued with the unction of a sort of doubled distilled oil of honor. The Bank though it broke its other promises abundantly, did, in this case, promise to keep its promise. But doubled and twisted promises, it turns out, arc “attenuated threads” after all, and perish like a spider’s web, at the day of reckoning. The Planter’s Bank is a great in stitution, and one of the most respectable in the Stale; though wo believe there are one or two that have been less before the public, which have not nor will not break faith in this flagrant style. One of the most unpleasant features about this new defalcation is, that, these post notes were most of them taken by our merchants, as the pro ceeds of their debts collected in Mississippi, and were then sold in the street at a heavy discount; and now the men who by that process had obtain j ed a pittance of their dues, are notified ns endor sers upon the dishonored notes of the bank, and holden to take them up at the face, or sulfer a [ degree of dishonor which the bank in a measure avoids.—jV. V. Journal of Commerce. The llou.\et.— The New York Despatch has the following additional statement, in reference to the supposed survivor of the Hornet. We arc now indebted to our informant for fur ther particulars, and present them to the public as oli’unng an opportunity to judge something of the probability of the statement made by us, that such a person still survives. That gentleman who gave us the material for the first paragraph is well known in Boston, and in this city, and to him we shall refer, whoever may make personal application to us. Ho informs us that there wg? - a slight error in our first para“r;nitr. The Hornet, ( when struck hy the hurricane, was driven near I Cuba, and an effort had been made, but in vain, I to gain the protection of a bay, or the lee of a point. The vessel struck,and immediately sunk, with near 300 souls on board, and the few who escaped (if any beside the man now in Illinois did escape) wore carried ashore by the surf among the rocks. ■So far for the sailor’s story. His name is John David Read ! he is hy birth a Scotchman, and on board the Hornet belonged to the carpenter's gang. If there was such a name on hoard the Hornet, it is to he found in the office of the Se cretary of the Navy ; to whom we shall cause i to be forwarded a copy of this day’s paper. Mr. Read has a farm near Bellvillo, St. Clair county, ! Illinois; but works occasionally at his trade over ! and about the Prairie. The gentleman to whom we are indebted for the information, tells us that while in Illinois, he was for some months acquainted with Mr. Read, and that he has full confidence in his statement. He says furthermore, that Mr. R. is well known in the section of country where he resides. The reason given hy him for preserving silence upon the subject, is as before stated, that his term of I service had not expired, and ho had no wish to i complete it.” Great Fire at Antwerp.—An Antwerp paper, April 17, has (ho following paragraph.— Yesterday (April Hi.) about 3 o’clock,afire took place at a baker’s house at Stockholm, Idmbutg, and in less than an hour and a half, 190 houses were a prey to the flames, and 113 families were thrown into misery. The fire was not entin guished when the accounts left. A witty Bun her. —Burin"- the late elec tion in Connecticut, a violent Tory, went into the shop of a Whig butcher. “What is your pleasure 1” demanded the knight of the cleaver. “I want a calf’s head,” was the reply The butch er having two. inquired of his Tory customer, which he would prefer—a Tory one, or a Whig one. “A Tory one to he sure,” rejoined the cus tomer. Very well, sir. 111 send it home for you. i When the cook proceeded to dross it, the brains I were missing, and the master was speedily made j acquainted with the circumstance, when he re turned to the butcher, and indignantly inquired of him what had become of them. “Are you not I aware, sir.” replied cleaver, “ that Tory heads j do not contain brains ! And did you not choose \ a Tory c dfs head in preference to a Whig onel” i N inonr.—Everyone’s experience must have I convinced him that there is no such arrant rascal in existence as Nobody! The fellow is never easy but when in mischief. Is a street door left on the jar at midnight—a plate chest ransacked —a jewel box stolen or mislaid—a window bro ken—an orchard robbed—Or a slander spread abroad, ten to one Nobody is tire guilty party. Ofall the offences that are daily committed against society one half at least are committed hy this in- ‘ corrigible scamp.— Blackwood’s Mag. I'i.vi no. — The steamboat Swallow, Capt. Me.- , j Bean, made her trip up from New York last : i night in nine hours and a half, landing leisurely j : at the usual places and without seeming to ho j , | pressed. She came to Sing Sing (39 miles) in , • an hour and fifty-five minutes. She was at | West Point just after twilight, and at Newburgh j (62 miles) in less than four hours.— Albany ; 1 I Evening Journal. i 1 i : —: ( —* _ i Sales ot timber tor six weeks ending with (he , ! 29t i ult. in Maine, reached 14,990,964 feet. It | is estimated that the operations of the season will >• amount to 50,000,000. ( Ire Effects of Steam. —lt is said that a 1 | person can now go from New York to Jerusalem ! in thirty-three days! From the former city to • Bristol, England, in thirteen days, from there to j Paris two. to Syria in thirteen, from there to t Julia in four, and in one more to the sacred city, i I Pitilad Ini/. ' i .MAHINK INTELLIGENCE. ‘ Charleston, June 17. j Arrived ye-tertian —Hr barque Shakspearo, Hen- o ' dorson. Liverpool; HI, brig Planter, Smith, New i York; C I. brig Cordelia, Sherwood, do. t In the offing —3 square rigged vessels. Cieuet— Sihr \ iiginia Antoinette. Place, \V'--t Indies: ?■ hr Panic! Webster, Austin. Boston. Consignees per South,Cnroliim Rail Road. Hamuurg, June 17, 1839. • Rankin, Boggs ft Co ; T. H. Plant; J. P. Fct/c; K. Lain back; Haviland, Rislcy & Co.; Latimer, Whiting ft Co.; A. Gumming; S’. Knccland; J. At S. Bones; S. Simmons; Jeffers i lioulwaic; J. Gonld smith; J. F. Benson; (». Parrott. NOTICE. —The Hail Hoad Passenger Train between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as follows: — UPWARD. i Not to leave Charleston before 700 a.m. “ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30 “ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 00 “ “ Branchville, “ - 11 00 “ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 m. “ “ Blackvillc, - “ . 100 p. m. “ “ Aiken. - - “ - 300 Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400 DOWNWARD. Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m. “ “ Aiken, - “ - - 730 “ “ Blackvillc, “ - ■ 930 “ “ Midway, “ - - 10 30 “ “ Branchville, “ - - 11 00 “ “ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 M. | “ “ Summerville," - - 2 OOp. m. Arrive at Charleston not before 300 Distance —I3(imile». Pare Through—slo 00. Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20 minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not longer than o minutes for wood and water at any station. To stop for passengers, whm a white flag is hoisted, at cither of the above stiffions; and also at Sineatbs, Woodstock, Inabinct’s, 41 mile T. (),, Rives’, Grahams, Willcston, Windsor, Johnsoils, and Marsh’s T. O. Passengers up will breakfast at Woodstock and dine at Blackvillc ; down, will breakfast at Aiken and dine at Summerville. may 21 tfff RESIDENT DENTIST.. — Dr. Monroe’s operating rooms, second door from Broad trect, on McTntosh-st., opposite the Constitutionalist ollice march 13 (£jr 'THE AMERICAN SILK GROWER AND FARMER'H MANUAL —A monthly publication designed to extend and encourage the growth of Silk throughout the United States. Edited by Ward Cheney and Brothers, Burlington, N. J.,and pub lished in Philadelphia, at the low price of One Dollar a year. £>" Subscriptions received at this office. ap (O' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, for the benefi of the Side Poor of Augusta and its vicinity. — The Visiting Committees for the ensuing month are as follows: Division No. I. —Mr. P. H Manta, Mr. D. Bland;, .Mrs. Meredith, Mrs. Charles Jones Division No. 2.—Dr. E Osborne, S. B. Groves, Mrs. Trembly, Mrs. J. W. Stoy. Division No 3.'—Mr. E. \V. Collier. Jas. Tan ton Mrs. J. C. Snead,'Mrs. A. Whitlock. Any member of the committees may obtain fund by calling on the President, (W. W. Holt Esq.) at his office,(Jumming’s Piaza. • may 22 C. I’. STURGES.-oecretary. EVANS’ FAMILY VEGETABLE APERIENT AN'XT-BILIGUS PII IS. Being composed of ingredients which exert a specific action upon the heart, give an impulse or strength to the arteral system ; the blood is quick ened and equalized in its circulation through all the vessels, whether of the spin, the parts situated internally, or the extremities; and as all the cretions of the body arc,drawn from the b'ood there is a consequent i'lcTease of every secretion, and a quickened act joy »f the absorbent and exha -4*lol -ef-thSfiUTglhg vessels ; any morbid action wliich may have taken place is removed, all ob structions are overcome, Hie blood is purified, and the body resumes a healthful state. The circula tion, that important function, was not known to the great Cclsus, Galen, or Hippocrates ; therefore, their deficiency of knowledge led them to extract the vital fluid as a curvative means; but upon the principles of the circulation of the blood, the prac tice of bleeding is proved to be fallacious. It has been left to the .this society to bring forward Dr, Win. Evans’ Medicines,found ed upon the important knowledge imparted to the world by the discovery of the circulation of the blood. Evan's Family Vegetable Aperient Anti-Bilious Pills, are sold in boxes of Twenty-live cents each. THESE MEDICINES after much anxious toil and research, having been brought by the Directors to their present state of perfection, supersede the use of the innumerable other medicines; are so well adapted to the frame, that the use of them, by preserving the vital strength in a pure and healthy stale, and consequently maintaining the body in the due performances of its functions, cause it to last many years longer than it otherwise would ; and the mind to become so composed and tranquil that old age when it ar rives, will appear a blessing and not (as to many who have neglected their constitutions, or bad them injured by medicines administered by igno rance) a source if misery and abhorrence. “Even from the body’s purity, the mind Receives a secret sympathetic aid.” A pamphlet with general directions for taking the Pills, always given in at the store of the agent. DR. WILLIAM EVANS’ SOOTHING SYRUP, ren CHILDREN TEETHING. To Mothers and Nurses.—The passage of the I ceth through the gums produces troublesome and dangerous symptoms. It is Known by mothers that there is great irritation in the mouth and gums during this process. The gums swell, the secre tion and saliva is increased, the child is seized with frequent and sudden tits of crying, watchings, starting in the sleep, and spasms of peculiar parts; tue child shrieks with extreme violence, and thrusts its lingers into its mouth. If these pre cursory symptoms arc not speedily alleviated, spasmodic convulsions universally supervene, and some'cause the dissolution of the infant. Mothers who have their little babes afflicted with these distressing symptoms should apply DU Will EVANS’ CELEBRATED SOOTHING SYRUP, which has preserved hundreds of infants when thought past recovery, from being suddenly at tacked with the fatal malady, convulsions. Sold by ANTONY & HAINES, Sole agents in Augusta, J. M.St T. M. TURNER,Savannah, !’. M, COHEN St Co.. Charleston, SHARP <fe ELLS, Millcdgeville, C. A. ELLS, Macon, A. W. >IARTIN, Forsvth, BENJAMIN I>. POORE, Athens, MARK A. LANE, W ashington. June 7 ORE A T ARRIV A J, ! I'if leva Bushels, oi' 270,000 bojees of PETEK S’ PILES. The subscribers have made arrangements with Dr. Peters, of New York, to be supplied by the quantity with Ins Pills. All dealers can now be supplied at factory prices. Os all the Pills we have any knowledge of, these are the most valua ble. In no instance have they failed to accomplish every thing they promised, and thousands who for years have been lingering with some chronic or ob stinate disease, nsw add their testimony in behalf of this va liable medicine. One great quality of Ills Vegetable Pillsis, that ! they have the alternative principle combined with their cathartic, or operative qualities, so that they not only cleanse the stomach and bowels by purg ing, but they regulate the liver,change the morbid secretions, sticngthen the digettive organs, purify the bleed, invigorate the circulation, and give tone and energy to Hie nervous system. 'They have no rival in curing and preventing Bilious Fevers, Fever and Ague, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaints, Sick Head-ache, Jaundice, Asthma, Dropsy. Rheumatism, Enlargement of the Spleen, Piles, Cholic, Female Obstructions, Heart-burn, Furred Tongue, Nausea, Distension of the Stomach and Bowels, Incipient Diarrhoea, Flatulence. Hab itual Uostivcness, Loss of Appetite, Blotched or | Sallow Complexion, and in all cases, if 'Torpor of i the Bowels, who 1>; a Cathartic or an Aperient is ; need d. They are exceedingly mild in their oper ation, producing neither nausea, griping nor debility. Dr. Peters has sold more than live millious ofboxes of these celebrated PR's, in the U. Mates*, e Cana das, Texas, Mexico and Hie W'est Indies, since Jan. I s3o. All persons who have used the Genuine Peters Vegetable Pills, recommend them in terms of Hie most unqualified praise, which is proof pos itive of their extraordinary and beneficial effects'.* these ustlv celebrated Pills a’e for sale hv ,J HOMAS BARRETT A Co., and HA i IL A NIL RISLEV A Co., Agents, junc -> m SALK, a splendid pair of CARRIAGE ' HOUSES, perfectly matched i i color, size and gait—sold for no fault. Apply soon to June IS 3t STOVALL, KIMMUNs &, Co. INUII SALK, a first rate Northern HARNESS 1 HOUSE. Apply to SAMUEL BONKS. I J lme 1S ts MAS« N I C NOTIC K • ST. JOHN’S DAY. The members of the Masonic Institution "of this city will mectat their Hall on MONDAY next, the 24th instant, at 10 o’clock, A. M. A procession will be formed at half past 10, and proceed to thu Presbyterian Church, where an appropriate address will be delivered by Hie Rev. Mr. Key. Visiting and transient brethren generally arc invited to at tend. By order of E. W. TOLMAN, > Chairman Com. Arrangements, junc IS 2tw Mr. Uuckingham’g Lectures on Palestine or the Holy /..anil, Tft/MLL be continued THIS EVENING, (Tries f day) and the succeeding evenings of the Wn?K» m ’*he Presbyterian Church. Tickets, 50 cents each, may ne had at Mr. Rich ards’ Rook store, or at the door. Ea-’h Lecture will commence at 8 o’clock to a rninuV- ar »d con« 1 ide soon after nine. juntlS ■ ■ 1, TO TMB FACULTY AND HEADS OF FAMILIES. DU. MILES’ COMPOUND EXTRACT OP j TOMATO —a substitute for Calomel, and docs,not belong to the family of quack medicines; for ’the reason that the component parts are made | kn/Swn to the faculty, or any one else that may Wrsh to know, hy any of the agents keeping them I .for sale. Since this discovery so long and anx- I ’ ionsly looked for, some one in almost the extreme I North lias advertised a Tomato Pill, purporting to I be made from the stalk, a thing not more absurd m than for one to offer meal from the corn stalk, to I say nothing of the difficulty of raising the Tomato ” so far North. Dr. Miles, of Cincinnati, is the. proprietor of the jj Tomato Pills (proper) for the great benefits of I which, he holds himself bound, and in honor pledg- m cd to prove by their use. that they are all that they I profess to be, and will do for othcis what they I have done for such as may have used them ; as | this is a vegetable of great use, and value, it will Isl doubtless be valuable information to families to ■ know that the Yellow arc just doubly as valuable a as the Red Tomato, and produces twice as much 9 of the hapatine, or active principle', and when used a as a daily vegetable will be fomld to keep the system in much better condition than the other 9 kind ; many will recollect with what trembling 1 anxiety calomel has been given to children, and j how they then wished for a substitute. It lias 9 long been known that the Tomato contained ca- 9 thartic principles, but not until of late was it 1 ascertained that they contained alterative and diu- | retie properties. The Faculty embrace and use 9 the preparation most cheerfully, for the reason that H they knosv what it is . Were it a patent mystery, I they would be bound to reject the medicine, as they s justly do the one thousand and one cure-alls of the j day. If you wish to cleanse the system with a ‘ mild, safe anti-bilions medicine, use the Tomato Pill, of which a supply, we learn, will soon be ,t this city. We all know something about this, june IS__ ts a TO THE AFFLICTED. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS PREMIUM. M IN ME Proprietor of the Virginia Sampson, or II $l,OOO Premium Vegetable, for the cure off 9 Syphilis and Scrofula, will he in town fora few jj days. Should there be any old and unmanageable iH| cases, or recent ones, either of Syphilis or Sciofula, jH the person may rest assured that they may be re-9 lived in a very short time. Any servant under forty years of age, with Scrofula, will be bought, if such is willing to 9 change owners. A letter directed to the Proprietor of the Samp- -H son, to the care of Messrs. Antony & Haines, or .yj Haviland, Rislcy & Co., with the person’s address, will be regarded as confidential, and attended to. j june IS ts Wm CROCK EH Y BUSINESS. DO. HAVILAND, late of the firm of Haviland, I • Iveese Sc Co, and I). G. Holland Sc Co.,||S Druggists, begs to inform his friends that ho has ffl embarked in the CROCKERY BUSINESS, with iPI a brother, under the firm of I). G. ,5- 1). HA VILAXD , j | at No. 75 William street, New York. 1). G. & D H. are importing a large stock 01 China and Earthenware , and will be able to oiler 1 ■> a full assortment to merchants from the south who f>-j arc solicited to call. New York, June 12, 1839. 2w | CHEAPER STILL. TIN I IE subscribers beingnearcr to market thaivtk JL most of their cheap neighbors, flatter them- *¥ selves they can sell tlieir goods still cheaper, (as i- 9 is the order of the day to sell off at cost). Tluw SI wishing bargains for cash, would do well to call Saß and sec for themselves. -june 7 trwUt THOS. H. WYATT & CO. J FRESH DRV GOODS, DUTCH HO-IN’ * I\t; CLOTHS, *C. TIN H. WYATT & Co., have just received*! # , 206 Uroad-strect, a splendid assortment c; 9 FANCY DRY GOODS, consisting in part of F.m broideries and Laces, Fancy ilandkfs. and Scarf,9 Printed Muslins and Lawns, Fancy Silks for Smn-pH mcr wear. Artificial Flowers,&c. &e. Ar.so, ' DU TCH BOLTING ( LOTUS of the Hot Anchor brand. Umbrellas and Parasols, Paper Hanging, Fire Screens, Travelling Baskets and a very mil ( assortment of Men’s Stocks, made to order and cal narrow, all of which will be so'd at reduced prices. s ap 11 wSt 'J M UNITED STATES HOTEL. Broad-st. opposite the B ink of Auguste- { = The subscriber, (recently from the dole y Hotel,) begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally, that he has taken possession,and sc is now the proprietor of <hat well known stand .. , K called the UNITED STATES HOTEL, situat-J gj on Broad-street, where lie hopes, with strict ntten- % tQ ( ion to business, to receive a liberal share of pa* patronage. I) MIX HR. N. li.—For particulars of the order of this hou« J viz •• bed-rooms, table, servants, &c. &c., he Lave fell wholly for his guests to decide. \ march 19 s»aw3m • „ ... N^rnTlCE —The subscribers intending to rl«n» Wi IN their lusiness in this city by the IstDctohf® wl next, offer for sale their extensive and well assort-Oli ed stock of Dry Goods, together with store li.vture‘9 »ea and furniture in one lot on liberal terms ; and coI: such a purchaser is found their goods will be offer- "if $1 ed by wholesale or retail at very reduced pri«S|‘ 2 K for Cash or approved paper only. net All persons having claims against the concen pier are requested to present them for settlement, anl cali, , those indebted will be required to make pay mcr c tos 1 with the least possible delay. Apply to JAMES ANDERSON,* CO. s june 1 No. 260 Broad-Street M la . r I, !LE SUFFLEERS COLOGN E W ATER MA. ] T wore but labor lost to enumerate the wonde. n *cy fill properties of this admirable article. 1 putation rapidly extending over all the kno* world, has made all praise superlloiis, all 'Jfr j ration impossible. To the ladies our recommf cpnta dation will be useless. It gives the rosy Mw m ‘ hous< health and youth to all who make it the consW-? liber, companion of tlieir toilet. flee „ , ai.so, AM. Farina’s Cologne Water, genuine. Prentiss’ do. do. And several choice varieties of our own an l ,Ba future, for sale bv 1 HAVILAND, RISLEV S-',v -1 apri! 1? ts Druggists. A’lcui”