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WILLIAM E. JONES & Co. AUGUSTA, Ga. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1839 * , XT
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CHRONIGLK AND SKNTINED.
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 10
The Savannah Georgian of Monday hoists the
names of Messrs. Van Huron, Forsyth, and
McDonald, as its candidates for President, Vice
President, and Governor of Georgia. This is
done with a considerable flourish of trumpets,
particularly in reference to the candidate for Gov
ernor, and an enumeration of the reasons for
which the editors of that paper intend to support
him. Those reasons are six in number; one of
them is as follows—
3. “He is opposed to the incorporation of a
Bank of the United Sates, or to any monied in
stitution of a similar nature, and for similar ob
jects.”
This is accompanied with the following com
mentary.
“ Our third, there can be no difference of opin
ion among Georgians on, at this day. Thp set
tled policy of Georgia has ever been opposition to
a U. S. Bank—as a monopoly at once unconsti
tutional, or if not so, inexpedient, and destruc
tive, to the principles of free government.”
We had little thought that the friends of Judge
McDonald would have attempted to place his
election on the ground of his opposition to a U.
States Bank or any other sort of a Bank. He
has been known in Georgia for a long time as one
of the friends of a National Bank—he believes it
perfectly constitutional, or did in 1834, when as a
member of the Senate from Bibb county, he voted
against a resolution declaring it to be unconstitu
tional. We shall in duo season produce the re
cord.
As to his opposition to any monied institution
a similar nature, we have only to say, that as a
member of the Commercial Convention held in
this place in April, 1838, he introduced a resolu
tion declaring it expedient that the southern States
should combine together and establish a Bank
with a capital of forty millions of dollars! Judge
McDonald we believe is at present the President
of the Branch Bank of Darien at Macon. So
much for his opinions in relation to Banks.
The Georgian asserts that “the settled policy
of Georgia has ever been opposition to a U. S.
Bank,” How such an assertion can be made
with a knowledge of facts we arc entirely at a
loss to understand. In 1816 the entire delegation
in both Houses of Congress, from Georgia, with
but one exception (and one absent; voted for the
last U. S. Bank, and one of these was Mr. For
syth, who is now the candidate of the Georgian
for Vice President. We have never understood
that any of them wore ejected from Congress by
the people of Georgia for that vole.
Correspondence of the Philadelphia U S. Gazette.
One day Later From England.
New-York, Friday, P. M.
The arrival of the packet ship Siddons, this
morning from Liverpool, whence she sailed on
the 14lh ult., puls us in possession of advices to
that date, and London of the evening previous,
being one day later than received by the Liver
pool on the Ist inst.
The Liverpool Cotton Market, it would appear
has again lost much of the animation by which
it had been sharacterised, immediately previous
f Jto our last accounts. I have been favored with
, >*the perusal of a letter from one of the first houses
in the trade, in that market, which states the bu
siness on the 13th, at 25110 hales, and on the 14th
at 3000 bales, with a declining tendency in prices;
other letters give a different view of the market,
as also the newspapers, but my authority is un
doubted. In the London Money Market, of
course, there had occurred little of interest, and
certainly no appearance of improvemeni.
From the London Morning Chronicle, June 13.
Money has again become very scarce in the
city, more particularly at the Stock Exchange,
and in the foreign market, the demand for it has
seldom been greater was to-day. Five
per cent was tne minimum given on any slock,
but the rate of interest of course varied according
to the description of security offered.
London, June 13—2 o’clock.—The funds have
been depressed this morning: Consols having re
ceded for the account to 93j.
FRANCE,
The French Ministry has been again defeated I
in the Chamber of Peers, on some proposition in '
the law relative to the Legion of Honor. It was ]
opposed by Marshall Soult, and Mr. Villemain
the Minister of Justice, but prevailed notvvilbstan I
ding. Jj
Uneasiness was also fell respecting the cogr / 1
kdojAfcO‘ib*s.Jj'."/jl( > Polytechnic school and th /it
circumstances logethe. at with rumors of disturb / ' J
coe at Lyons, and the whA'dike charade: of |1
news from Constantinople, hilu“'-’aused a de. /! I
in the funds. '* £ , m
Extra Meeting ol Council. %
Council Chamber,
Saturday, July 13, 4 p. m. 5
Present —His Honor the Mayor, Aldermen 1
Harper, Bush, Thompson, Nelson, Hitt, Rankin,
Parish and Dye.
„ The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
The Committee on Streets, to whom was re
ferred the petition of Edward G. Campbell and
others, reported, when the following resolution,
by Alderman Nelson, was offered and agrged to_
Resolved, That the Street Committee be au
thorized to advertise for proposals to grade and
put in thorough repair, that portion of Reynold
street between Gumming and West Boundary
gtr „ els , and convey the water falling into said j
street to West Boundary street, thence to the
river; or, if permission can be obtained, direct to
Hawks Gully—the excavation at the upper end
no: to be deeper Ilian five feet, the side of said
excavation to be well levelled, and all the earth
from the drain and sides thereof to be hauled in
the low places where said street requires tilling
of raising, and to report the same to the next
meeting of Council.
The following resolutions were passed.
By Mr. Dye.
Resolved, That the members of the Second
Ward be authorized to repair the side walk on
Washington street, from Ellis to Telfair street,
provided the cost of the same does not exceed
fifty dollars.
By Mr. Hitt.
Resolved, That the Committee on Streets be
authorised to put up posts for the protection of
the corners of the several streets, at an expense
of not over cents each post.
The Special Committee on V. Crepu’s bill
reported a balance due by the Council of twenty
three dollars, which was ordered to be paid.
Council then adjourned.
S. H. OLIVER, Clerk of Council.
From the Philadelphia Enquirer.
Steam.
The changes accomplished throughout the ci
vilized world, by the discovery and application of
steam to arts sciences and manufactories, arc so
truly wonderful, as to be almost beyond belief.—
In travel alone, this great agent has elfected the
most astonishing results. This is fully apparent,
even in connection with our own city, and its va
rious avenues of communication north and south.
For example, we a day or two since mentioned
the. arrival ofa gentleman from Boston a distance
of 320 miles in 22 hours ! He travelled the
whole way either by steamboat or rail road, and
in both instances was propelled by the agency of
steam. So with regard to the south; any one
may step into the Baltimore boat at 7 o’clock in
the morning and be in Norfolk Va. before 7 the
next morning. Indeed the trip has frequently
been accomplished in 22 hours, while passengers
have been able to tarry an hour or so, at Balti
more.
Could our forefathers, of the olden time start
np from their dust, and contemplate these won
derful changes in travel and its facilities, their
surprise would be extraordinary indeed. Less
than a century ago, the trip either between Phil
adelphia and Boston, or Philadelphia and Norfolk,
could not have been accomplished by the ordinary
conveyances, in much less than a fortnight. But
if we turn our eyes to the west, and especially to
the Mississippi river, the power of steam as an
agent will be realized in a still more wondrous
manner. Now, hundreds of boats with thousands
of passengers, are constantly passing and re.pass
ing the turbid waters of the Father of Rivers, and
touching at points in the course of a few days,
that in the olden time occupied weeks, nay months
to reach in an upward voyage. And so indeed,
throughout the greater portion of the world.
It is now said that Jerusalem may be reached
by an American Traveller, via Bristol in the Great
Western, Paris, Marseilles, and Joppa, in thirty
three day's!—These arc but few of the feats that
may be accomplished, so far as travel is concerned,
and with comparative care anil safety. And yet
the history of the past is calculated to make the
impression that the progress of steam and its
utility are only in their infancy, and that a cen- i
tury hence will unfold still more extraordinary 1
wonders. A late number of the London Quar- I
lerly Review, contains an article upon the sub
ject, in which many interesting facts are grouped
together. “Arrangements are in progress tor
continuing the British trade across the Isthmus
of Darien with steamers, which are to ply on the
great Pacific ocean,between Valparaiso and Pan
ama, a distance of about 2.500 miles. By this
means ,the voyage round Cape Horn to Lima,
which has hitherto occupied about four months,
will hi reduced to about thirty days!” In the
Mediterranean, steam vessels are used by Chris
tians, (lews and Turks, while ns early as 1824, a
steamer made four successful voyages between
Bornhiy and Suez. The Irish sea, German
OceaJi. and the British Channel, are traversed by
steamers, while in the American rivers and lakes
therocannot be less than 1000 steamers in op
eration.
Inlreferencc to the last important enterprise, as
connected with steam, we mean the establishment
of pn'kets between the old and new worlds—the
greiw-st trip on record was recently made by the
Gref Western. The distance between Bristol
nndlNew York is 3150 geographic miles, the
while of which was accomplished in 13 daysand
7 l/'prs. In little more than a fortnight, several
Brf ill officers dined in the old world, at their
bo'/cks, in Woolwich, beyond London, and in
a/puhlic hotel in Baltimore—having in that brief
period, passed across the ocean, and through New
. ork and Philadelphia. The Great Western is
jilt) feet in length. She has two engines of 225
Jorse power each. Her cylinders are 72 j inches
j diameter, and yet she is quite a small vessel
, hen compared with several others constructed,
■ in process of construction. The British Queen
■ or example, is believed to lie the largest steamer
■ n the world. Her length of keel is 233 feet.—
fyExtrcme length 275 feet. Breadth of beam 40
lncluding guards 65 feet. Depth of hold
*27 feet. Tonnage 1,862 tons. Diameter of
■ cylinders, 79 J inches; length of stroke 7 feet.—
II Diameter of wheels 30 feet. Estimated weight
■ of engines, boilers and water 500 tons; do, of
I coals for 20 days’consumption 600 tons. Draught
I of water with the above weight 16 feet.
V The Gorgon is the largest steam ship in the
K British navy. She is 1150 tons, and carries 20
| days coal, and stores for six months. Her service
has been of the experimental kind; and the great
est part of the past winter she has been cruising
in the Bay of Biscay, and so well satisfied are
the British Government of her capacity to con-
J tend with boisterous weather, that they are now
; constructing some five or six others, one of which
Cyclops will measure two thousand tons.—
k,,'l’hs engines of the Gorgon, it should be recollec
ted arc only of the same calibre and power as those
ofVhe Sirius of 700 tons, which proceeded the
Western on her first trip to New York.—
If the'iGorgon, which is 430 tons more burden
than th" j, Sirius, performed jo well with the same
power in t(he stormy bay of Biscay, during the
winter, wh\at may be expected from larger vessels
of corresponding energies !
These arc facts full of interest, and the results
already ascertained, have utterly annihilated the
theory of Doctor Gardner. That accidents will
occasionally happen, must be expected, at least
for many years Uo come; but as improvements,
piogress, and as new discoveries are made, less
apprehension wiH be felt, and the system which
is now only in infancy, will eventually be
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come as polled ns any human system may bo.—
So much for steam, us applied to navigation.
Its use and influence on rail roads and manu
factures are equally important; hut we shall ad
vert to this branch of the subject at an early op
portunity.
O’Connkl’s Wife.—On his wife being
toasted at a dinner given to him at Newcastle,
he made the following response : “There are
some topics of so sacred and sweet a nature, that
they may he comprehended by those who arc
happy, hut cannot possibly be described by any
human being. All that 1 shall do is to thank
you in the name of her who was the disinterested
choice of my early youth ; who was the ever
cheerful companion of my manly years; and
who is the sweetest solace of that "sear and yel
low leaf” age at which I have arrived. In her
name I thank you. and this you may readily be
lieve; for experience, I think, will show to us all,
that no man can battle and struggle with the ma- |
lignant enemies of his country, unless his nest at
home is warm and comfortable—unless the hon
ey of human life is commended by a hand that
he loves.”
A Goon V\.—While the celebrated iron
steamer Robt. F. Stockton was lying at Borden
town a day or two ago, a tall, raw honed Jersey man
oame on hoard, and ranging from one end of the
vessel to the other, appeared to be examining into
her construction with great minuteness.
‘Well,’said the Captain, turning to the stran
ger, ‘what do you think of her V
Hesitating and looking somewhat confused,
the other replied—
‘Why, in my judgment she’s no great affair,
but I was not so anxious to see the boat as to get
a ookatthc darned fool that came over in her.’
From the Globe.
The following information is from the returns
made to the Post Office Department, and has
been politely handed to us for publication :
Newspapers, Magazines and Periodicals pub
lished in the United Stales, Ist July, 1839.
Maine, - - - - - - -41
New Hampshire, - - - - 26
Vermont, - . . - - 31
Massachusetts, (at Boston, 65) - - 124
Rhode Island, - - • . - - 14
Connecticut, - - - - - 31
New-York, (at New-York city, 71) - - 274
New-Jersey, • .... 39
Maryland, (at Baltimore, 20) - - - 48
Pennsylvania, (at Philadelphia, 71) - 253
Delaware, ...... 3
District Columbia, (at Washington, 11) 16
Virginia, (at Richmond, 10) ... 52
North < arolina, ..... 30
South Carolina, - - - - - 20
Georgia, 33
Florida Territory, ..... 9
Alabama, 34
Mississippi, 30
Louisiana, (at New Orleans, 10) - . 26
Arkansas, ...... 4
Tennessee, ...... 50
Kentucky, 31
Ohio, (at Cincinnati, 27) - - 164
j Michigan, ...... 31
Wisconsin Territory, .... 5
lowa Territory, 3
Indiana, 69
Illinois, ....... 33
Missouri, .----- 25
1,555
Os the above, 116 are published daily, 14 tri
weekly, 3o semi-we kly, and 991 once a week.
The remainder are issued semi-monthly, monthly,
and quarterly, pricipally magazines and reviews.
Many of the daily papers also issue tri-wecklys.
! semi-wceklys, and weeklys. Thirty-eight are in
the German language, four in the French, and
one in the Spanish. Several of the New Orleans
papers arc printed in French and English.
The Ncw-Orleans Sun says that the “Old
Nick” never caught but one Yankee, and he gut
away.
The following clever hits are from the same
paper:
Submissive.—“ Are you the man of the
house 1” queried a stranger of a denizen of this
city, the other day. “ No, hut my wife is,” was
the subdued response.
Lovku—A man who in his anxiety to o! t tin
possession of another, has lost possession of him
self.
The Philadelphia Spirit of the Times makes a
good squib—
“ A fellow who married a tennagent who drove
him to desperation, and finally to dead), just be
fore dying, requested a friend to have the follow
ing brief yet pungent inscription on his tomb:
“SLAIN BY A JAW-IIOXb!”
From Drake's Tales on the Queen City.
Putting »i Hindi-Log on Shore.
A numerous and peculiar race of modern gen
tlemen may be found in the valley of the Missis
sippi. A naturalist would probably describe them
as a genus ofhipcds, gregarious, amphibious and
migratory. They seldom travel ‘solitary and
alone;’ are equally at borne on land or water; and
like certain vultures, spend most of their winters
in Mississippi and Louisiana; their summers in
the highr latitudes of Kentucky and Ohio. They
dress with taste and elegance; carry gold chrono
meters in their pockets, and swear with the most
genteel precision. They are supposed to enter
tain an especial uhhorrance of the prevailing tem
perance fanaticism, and, as a matter of conscience
enter daily protest against it, by sipping 'mint
juleps’ before breakfast, ‘hail storms’ at dinner,
and old ‘Monongahela’ at night. These gentle
men, moreover, are strong advocates of the raes
and the cock pit; and, with a benevolence, which
they hold to be truly commendable, patronize
modest merit, by playing chaperon to those weal
thy young men, who set outon the pilgrimage of
life, before they have been fully initiated into its
pleasures. Everywhere throughout the valley,
these misletoe gentry arc railed by the original, il
not altogether classic cognomen of‘Black-legs.’—
The history of this euphonious epithet, or the rea
son of its application to so distinguished a variety
of humanity, is unknown. The subject is one
of considerable interest, and worthy the early at
tention of the Historical Society, to which it is
respectfully commended.
It was the fortune of the steamboat Sea Serpent,
of Cincinnati, commanded by Capt. Snake, on
her return from New Orleans in the spring of
1837, to number among her cabin passengers,
several highly respectable Black-legs. One of
them, Major Marshal Montgomery, a native of
the ‘Old Dominion,’ belonged to the ‘Paul Clif
ford’ school; and indeed, had for some years past,
borne, testimony, to the merit of Mr. Bulwer's ro
mances, making the hero of one of them, his great
prototype. In stature, the Major was over six
feet, muscular, and finely proportioned. His
taste in dress, was only surpassed by the courtli-
ness of his manners, and the ready flow of his
conversation. In what campaign he had won
the laurels that gave him his military title,is un
known. It hasheen conjectured that the warlike
prefix to his name, may have resulted from the
luxuriant hraeeol black whiskers, which garnish
ed his cheeks.
f n a certain day, after dinner, the ladies hav
ing retired to their cabin for a siesta, the gentle
men as usual, sat down to card!, chess and back
gammon. Ihe boat had just‘Wooded,’ and was
nobly breasting the current of the river at the rate
of eight knots an hour.—' apt. Snake, having
nothing else to do, was fain to join in a rubber of
whist, and it so happened that he and the Major
were seated at the same table. The gam ,at the
suggestion of Major Montgomery, was soon
changed to ‘loo, and, played with varying suc
cess until at length, a pool of considerable magni
tude had accumulated. As the contest for the
increasing stake advanced, much interest was
I excited among the bystanders, and still more in
the players, with the exception of the Major,
whose staid expression of countenance was a sub
ject o! general remark. He seemed careless about
the run of the cards, and threw them, as if quite
regardless of the tempting spoil that lay before
him. At length the game was terminated.
1 he tickle goddess disclosed her preference for
the Major, by permitting him to win the ‘pool,’
amounting to near three hundred dollars. Hm
success produced no outward signs of joy; he
seemed, indeed, almost sorry to be compelled to
take the money of his friends; and with much
composure of manner, proposed to continue the
play; making, at the same time, a very polite len
der ot his purse, to any gentleman at the table,
who might need a temporary loan.
In the group of spectators, there wasa tall, spin
dle-legged young fellow from the Western Re
serve in Ohio, who had been to the South with a
lot of cheese, for the manufacture, of which, that
thriving New England colony is becoming quite
famous. Ihe cheese-monger had been watching
the game from the beginning, and at last, fixing
his eyes upon the winning Major, said, in a low
tone of voice, suited to a more lugubrious subject :
‘Well, now, that’s down slick; any how.’
The Major looked up, found the gaze of the
company turned upon him. Knitting his brows
he said sternly, in reply,
‘Let’s have no more of your yankee imperti
nence.’
‘Now, Mister,’continued Jonathan in hisdraw
ling tone and with provoking coolness of manner,
‘you hud nt ought to let them there little speckled
pastehoaids, play hide and go seek in your coat,
sleeve.’
This remark, accompanied with a knowing
wink of the speaker’s eye, instantly transformed
the Major into a young earthquake. (Springing
upon his feet, as it bent on blood and carnage, he
bawled out at the top ol his voice, ‘do you mean to
insinuate, you Yankee pedlar—you infernal
wooden nutmeg that I have cheated !’
The young cheese merchant, leisurely rolling
a huge cud of tobacco from one cheek to the oth
er, and looking the. Major steadfastly in the eye,
replied with importable gravity.
‘Why, you’re the heatornest shapes, I ever
seed; who insinevated that you cheated ! 1
did’nt. no how; toil if you dont behave a little
gentecler, I conclude I’ll tell as low 1 seed you
slip a curd under your sleeve, when you won that
everlasting big pond of money.’
‘You arc a liar,’ thundered the Major, in a per
fect whirlwind, at the same time attempting to
bring his bamhooo in contact with the shoulders
ofhis antagonist; but Jonathan caught the descen
ding cane in Ins left hand; and, in turn, planted
his dexter fist with considerable impulse on the
lower end of the Major’s breast bone, remarking,
‘I say, Mister, make yourself skerse there, or
you’ll run riglu against the end of my arm.’
Unfortunately for the reputation of Major
Montgomery, at this moment, a card fell from his
coal sleeve, and, with it, fell his courage, for he
turned suddenly round to the table to secure the
spoils of victory. The Captain however, had sa
ved him the trouble, having himself taken up the
money, for the purpose of returning it to those to
whom it rightfully belonged. The Major finding
that his winnings and his reputation were both
departing, became once more highly excited, and
utte'ed direful anathemas against those who
might dare to question his honor.
It is perhaps, generally known to the reader,
that the captain ot a steamboat on the western
waters, is of necessity as despotic as the Grand
Turk. The safety ol his bout and the comfort of
his passengers, in performing a long and perilous
trip, require, indeed, that such should he the case.
Detwcen port and port he is sometimes called to
act in the triple capacity of legislator, judge and
executioner. It is rumored perhaps without any
foundation, that in eases of great emergency, more
than one of these commanders have seriously
threatened a resort to the salutary influence of
the second section. Be (his as it may travellers
on our western h >ats will consult their comfort
and safety, by deporting themselves according to
the gentlemanly principle. We throw out this
hint for the publi • generally; and in the fullness
of our benevolence, commend it to the especial
notice of tourists from the ‘fast anchored Isle.’
Captain Snake made no reply the imprecations
of the Major, having far too much respect for his
official station, so permit himself to be drawn into
a personal conflict with one of his passengers* —
Stepping to the cabin door, his clear shrill voice
was heard above that of the din of the Major’s vol
canic burst of passion and the loud whiz of the
Sea Serpent. Instantly the tinkle ofthe pilot’s
bell responded to the order ofhis commander, and
the boat lay-to, near the lee shore. Again the
captain’s voice was heard.
‘Jack! man the yawl; Major Montgomery
wishes to go on shore.
‘Aye, aye, sir.
The Major looked around in utter astonish
ment. The Captain called out,
Steward? put Major Montgomery’s trunk in
the yawl; he wishes to go on shore!’’
‘Aye, aye, Sir!’
The Major turned toward the Captain with a
face indicating a mingled feeling of anger and
dismay. He had seen too much of life in the
West, not to understand the fate that awaited
him. Before he could make up his mind as to
the best mode of warding oil'll s mpending citas
trophe, Jack bawled out, ‘the yawl is ready, sir,’
and the steward cried out, ‘the trunk, is on board,
__sir.’
Captain Snake bowed formally, and with a
courteous but singularly emphatic manner, said :
‘Major Montgomery, the yawl waits.’
The Major, however, retained his position near
the tard table, and began to remonstrate against
such very exceptionable treatment of a Virginia
gentleman, his character had never been question
ed.—He concluded by a broad intimation, that
on their arrival at Cincinnati, he should hold the
Captain personally responsible under the laws of
honor. In reply, the Captain of the Sea Serpent,
bowed again most profoundly, and turning toward
the door of the cabin, said, calmly
‘Steward, call the Firemen to assist Major
Montgomery into the yawl; he wishes *o go on
shore.
laa "■ i
J he redoubtable Major, in the vain hope that
the passenger* would sustain him in the contest,
now threw himsrll on In* reserved rights, run tip
the Ih.g of nullification, and teroeionsly brandish
ed ms Howie knife; at th.is moment the fireman
made Ins appearance, lie was a full grown
Kentuckian, horn on the cedar knohaof the Hlue
locks, and raised on sulphur water, hone and
possum I at. hike many of his countrymen, he
was an aspiring fellow, for he stood six feel four,
in Ids moeeassins, and exhibited corresponding
dovHopoments of hone ami
Matless and costless, with naked arms, and a
lace blackened w ith smoke and ashes, he might
have passed for one ot old Vulcan’s journeymen,
who had been forging thunderbolts for Jupiter, in
some reigio infernal,,. He stalked carelessly
up to the helloeose Major, and before the latter
was aware of i t . seized the hand that held the up
ratsed knife, and wrenched it from him. The
1 next instant the Major found himself fairly with
in the brawny arms of his antagonist. He slrug
■ gled stoutly to extricate his elegant person from
such ait embrace, but in vain. The fireman, dis
pleased with the rest less disposition of his captive,
■ gave him one ot those warm fraternal hugs,
which an old hear is wont to bestow upon an un
mannerly dog, that may venture to annoy his re-
I trenl from a farmer’s hog pen. This loving
squeeze so completely molilied the rebellious
* feelings of the Major, that he suffered himself to
he passively led into the yawl. The Captain’s
’ shrill voice was again heard.
1 ‘Poll away, my hoys, Major Montgomery wish
! es to go on shore.’
The oars dipped into the water and the yawl
i glided quickly to the beach. The afternoon was
cloudy and dark; a drizzling rain was falling;
the cotton wood trees wore a funeral aspect; no
■ vestige of a human habitation could be seen upon
1 either shore, and the turbid waters ofthe Missis
-1 sippi, were hastening onwards as if to escape from
! such a gloomy place.
' Many of the passengers supposed that after
, the Major had been disgraced by being set on
' shore, he would he suffered to relurn; hut those
who entertained that opinion knew very little ot
the character of Captain Snake. That Major
Montgomery should he a black leg, was in ins
* estimation, no very heinous affair, for he held
that in this republican country, and this demo
cratic ago, every man has a natural and unaliena
ble right to choose his own occupation. Util
after having been permitted to play ‘loo’ with the
’ Captain o( the fast running Sea Serpent, that
the Major should slip a card, and then, lubberly
rascal, be caught at it—this was too had—abso
lutely unpardonable. There was something so
vulgar, so very unprofessional in such conduct,
that it was not to ho tolerated.
The yawl touched the shore and was hastily
dishin dotted ot its trunk. The Ma jor, however,
after rising on his feel, looked wistfully hack tip
on the Sea Serpent; and manifested no disposi
tion to take refuge in a cane-break : Whereup
on. the Captain becoming impatient, cried out,
‘Fireman, lend a hand to assist Major Moul
. gomery on shore.’
i he huge Kentuckian now began to approach
' the Major, who, having no particular relish for
I anutUci fiau 111..1 v.,, B , „(„ ung to me oeacn, uuj
‘ l sunk to his knees in mud. Thinking forbearance
1 no longer virtue he poured out on the Captain, a
t torrent of abuse, and, with wrathful oaths threat
ened to publish him, and his ugly snail creeping
steamer, from Glean Point to the alligator
’ swamps of Iho Utilize. The Captain made no
1 roply, but the fireman, roused liy hearing such
■ opprobrious terms applied to Ins beloved Sea Ser
pent, called out in a voice, that was echoed from
shore to shore.
‘I say, Mr. Jack-of-knaves,it looks rather wolfy
in these parts.’
‘Shut your black mouth, your scoundrel,’re
torted the Major, boiling over with rage.
‘lsay, stranger,’continued the fireman with
| provoking good humor, ‘would you swap them
Initial a robes on your cheeks lor a pair of ‘coon
skins V
i he Major stooped down for a stone to hurl
at his annoying foe, hut alas, he stood in a bed of
mortar, and no resource hut that of firing anoth
er volley of curses.
‘Hallo! my hearty,’ rejoined the fireman,
‘when you want to he rowed up ‘salt river’ again,
just tip me the wink; and remember Mr. King
of-Clubs. donl holler till you get out of the woods,
or you’ll frighten all the varmints.
During this colloquy, the young cheese-mer
chant stood on the guards of the boat a silent
spectator, hut at length, us if shocked by the
dreadful profanity of the Major, he raised his
voice and bawled out;
‘I say Mister, if you was away down east, I
guess squire Daggett would fine you ever so
much for swaringso wicked, —that’s the how.’
Ihe pilot s hell tinckled. the wheels resumed
their gyrations, and again (ho majestic Sea Her
-1 pent,
, ‘Walked the water like a tiling of life.’
Jonathan, withalook in which Iho solemn and
1 the comic wero curiously blended, turned his
eyes first towards the Captain, then upon the Ma
jor, and exclaimed,
‘Well, now, the way these crc steam captains
1 do things, is nothing to nobody, now how.’
Anil tints terminated one of those little episodes
in the drama o( life, not uncommon on the west
-1 ern waters.
COMMERCIAL.
| Lai e>t dates from Liverpool June 14
Lultal dale* from Havre. June 10
Liverpool, June 13.
I lie market still presents a brisk appearance;
the trade buying rather more freely at an advance
in prices of about jjd per lb since last Friday, The
sa c yesteiday and to-day are about 9000 bales.—
t The import this week is large, say about 90,000
bales principally from the States.
Extract of a letter, dated
, Liverpool, June 14.
The sales of Cotton yesterday were only about
2500 bales. The markets to day is languid, with
a downward tendency.
MOUUS MI LTICAULIi.
fe The subscriber will be furnished with
r TKN MILLIONS oftliegeimineChine.se
or Morus Multicaulis, grown from trees
f.. imported from the Jar dr a des Plantes, of
! Paris, in 1X36, which will be sold lower than any
I now offered. They will be packed in such a man
ner that they may be transported to any part of tbe
U. S. will) safety,and will be delivered in Augusta,
i free of expense to pureba ers.
All buds will be warranted to be mature and a
1 genuine article. Individuals wishing to purchase,
| will make application to VV. E. HEARING.
Athens, June 11 tlstl)
THE undersigned having retired from meteban
dizing, will resume the practice of law. He
will practice in eonmetion with Jasper M. Gouder
Esq, They will practice under the from ofGOUDEII
&, THOMAS, and will be constantly found in their
office, when not absent on business connected with
their profession. JAMES THOMAS,
i Sparta,June 19 ;? m
* W 11 17* UJ •
THUNDERING SPRING.
7IIIIK proprietors of this natural curiosity, res-
I pccllully inform their friends, and the travel
ling public generally, that they are prepared to ac
commodate all who may favor them with a call.
'I he very short period which has intervened since
their purchase, added to a scarcity of materials, has
rendered it dillicult to Improve as extensively as
they desired i yet they know themselves willing to
devote their undivided attention to promote lire
comfort and convenience of visitors and travellers.
I he water combines high medicinal qualities,
containing strong impregnations of Saltpetre, Mag
nesia, Sre., ascertained from a partial analysis. We
deem it unnecessary to append to this notice, a list
id certificates relative to cures clfecti d by using the
water, as the doubts ot the sceptical would not be
removed, and those who would believe, nray credit
lire assertion, as such can he proved at any time.
Several eases of violent Kheumatism have been en
tirely relieved ; also Tetter, Scald-head, running
1 leers, &c. Individuals laboring under Dyspepsia,
will experience great relief from the use of the
water. It is known to he highly efficacious in re
lieving all cutaneous diseases
It is due to ourselves and for the information of
the public at large, to state at least some of the
mineral properties of the w ater; and also the na
tore ol some ol the diseases which have been cured
at this place. We are aware prejudices gen
erally engendered by vaunting advertisements of
like character.
1 he location ol the spring ip Upson county', is in
a healthy region nearly surrounded hy large hills
on the north side ol the Pine Mountain. A consid
eiah e quantity ol game abounds in the woods ad
jaeent, lor the delight of sportsmen ; and Flint River g
is sufficiently contiguous to afford amusement t
the angler.
f amities desiring it,can find ample seclusion from
dusty streets and miasmatic regions of the lower
counties, at the Thundering Spiing,* where no
pain* will he spared on the part of the proprietors,
to render their visit agreeable.
(laming am) other irregularities will he prohib
ited. (lood order will he strictly enforced.
Afflicted persons will have a sopaiate table pre
pared il desired, where they can have all the atten
tion paid them they may require
I he liar will he supplied with choice Liquors of
various kinds, and attended hy an efficient bar keeper
RATES OE BOARD.
Persons per day, $1 no
Persons per week, 6 50
Four weeks and longer (per week) 550
Families stationary, per month, “ 5 00
Children and servants half price.
Horse per day, 75
Morse per week, 1f,3 00
Morse per month, 12 00
Individuals wishing to remain one week or lon
ger, will please to make il known at the bar.
JOHN L. COCHRAN,
A. ,1. McAFEE.
Upson County, fia., June 11 wJm
* For the information of those who are unacquain
ted with the origin of the somewhat portentous ap
pellation of this place, it is perhaps due to observed
that the great similarity between the noise occa
sioned hy the spring and the rumbling of distant
thunder, suggested the name.
NEW- YORK, 653 BROADWAY—SEMINA
UY FOR YDUM. LADIES—MRS. COLEY
begs to call the attention of Parents and Guardians
to her Establishment, which is situated in the up
per part of the city of New-York, in a line healthy
situation.
The strictest attention is bestowed on the reli
and moral education oflhe young Ladies eom
tade&f'tte e»yfiKl}[f r nJH!!l,csJ? arw,u * Solici -
The ordinary course of instruction is combined
with all the higher branches necessary to a polite
education, in which Mrs Coley is assisted by the
most approved masters and teac hers.
The French Language is made use of as the me
dium of conversation.
Mrs, Coley has been kindly permitted to give
the following references M. 11, McAllister, Esq.
Mayor of Savannah, John K. Ward, Esq. District
Attorney for the State of Georgia, lit. Rev. Bishop
Onderdonk, Rev. Dr. Berrian, Rev. Dr. Lyell,Rcv,
Lewis P. W. Balch, Rev. Dr. Phillips, Rev. Ers
kinc ,Mason, J. Kearny Rodgers, >l. I)., Richard J.
Tucker, Esq,George Lawric, Esq.,John Lawrie,
Esq., Robert Hogan, Esq , Stephen Gamble eng,
Esq., Charles Edwards, Esq , Redwood Fisher,
Esq., Lloyd W. Wells, Esq., FI. Wreaks, Esq..
John S. Bartlett, Esq., New i ork; Rt. Rev. Bishop
Bowen,Geo. Y. Davis, Jos. Lawton, It. F Henry,
A. S. Wilmington, Esqrs. Charleston, So. Ca.
June 21 13tw
ATTENTION!
PEOPLE of all nations, of all religious denomi
nations, ami of all occupations;
You are hereby respectfully invited to attend a
sale on the twenty-third day of July next, at 11
o’clock, in the forenoon, of the lots of the new town
of Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia.
This town is situated on a gently undulating piece
of ground in the enchanting valley of Chattooga
River, on its western Bank, having Taylor’s exten
sive ridge of mountains, in beautiful piospeet to the
East, and lofty spurs of the Lookout mountain to
the West. Immediately at the northwest end of
the Town, is a beautiful blue limestone spring, is
suing several hogsheads of (lie most limpid water
per minute, and upon the northeastern part of the
town, several othcrfountains arc to lie found, which
have never ceased to issue pure and limpid water.
Here the dyspeptic who has found nostrums and
learned doctors’ means ineffectual, may come in the
certainty of the use of these waters, and inhaling
the atmosphere of the most healthful section of
country upon our Globe, radically healing his im
paired digestive organs. We would, therefore,
especially invite the dyspeptic, and all those who'
desire to keep free from this fashionable disease,
to come and purchase lots or farms in the vicinity.
The lots are admirably si/.ed and shaped, for mor.
chants’stores and dwellings,mechanic’s workshop
their dwellings and gardens, the horiculturist, and
last not least the silk culturist. Here the merchant
may vend a reasonable amount of goods, at fair
profits; the house joiner, the brick and stone mason,
he carriage maker, the black and white smith, the
watchmaker and the tailor, may get profitable em
ployment, in their respective line of business.
A seminary of high order, for the education of
females, is about being established in the vicinity
of this place, and the earliest attention will be given
to the establishment of a male academy.
We regret the inadequacy of our humble pen to
describe nature’s best effort for the grandeur of sce
nery of the surrounding country of this cnohauting
spot j it would take the pen of a Coupes, or a.
.Symmes, to do justice to the subject.
Jotton. small grain, and silk, will be the staples
of this country, and believe him nut, who will tell
you, that the Georgia mountain valleys will not
produce as much cotton per acre, as the best lauds
in Morgan, Greene, Jefferson or Burke counties.
The terms of sale will bo one-fifth cash, the
residue in equal instalments at six, twelve,eighteen
and twenty-four months. Purchasers giving their
notes, which, on being paid,perfected titles will be
given. ’
WILLIAMS CROOK, 'J
AGRIPPA MOSELEY, I JusHeee 1
CHARLES A. HEARD, of the In-
BENJAMIN ECHOLS, | feriorCourt.
H. W. TOMLINSON, J
Summerville, Chatoog: co. Ga, i
May 16, 1839. $ wtd
LAW NOTICE.
THE undersigned having united in the praetir
ol the LAW,ofrertheirsßrvices tothenublic
They will attend the courts of Muscogee, Alarion,
Stewart, Randolph, Early, Baker, Lee and Sumter,
of the Chattahoochee Circuit; Houston,of the Flint
Circuit; and Twiggs, Pulaski, Lowndes, Thomas,
Decaturand Dooly, of the Southern Circuit. Bu
siness entrusted to theircarewill meet wilh prompt
attention. Their office is in Amencus, Sumter
county, where one of them mav always be found
when notabsenl onhuaineas.
LOTT WARREN,
oBt 10 wtf WM H CRAWFORD