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WILLIAM E. Jo:oEr<. ~ ' ; —7~ J " i i - — — A1 **US FA, WHO. TUESDAY DIOitrVINO, JANUARY 10, 15557. [Scmi-wcclily]--Volmnc I--AiinitM-r 3. egSBS™SS!SSBg”SBgBg»«gg ■■■ IJuhltsljc'O DAILY, SEMI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY, At No. 261 Broad Street. TERMS Daily papei, Ton Dollars per annum in advance , Semi-weekly paper, at Five Dollars ns heretofore u advance, or Six at the end of the year. Weekly paper, Three Dollars in advance, or four at the end of the year. THE GRECIAN WIFE. BT MISS LOUISA HENRIETTA SHERIDAN. • In the summer of 1832, an English party con sisting of a lady, her son, and daughter, prevailed on me to accompany them on a voyage to the mediterranean, professedly to explore the beau ties of its shores, but in reality to try the effect of sea air for the invalid Clara, the youthful idol of our circle, whose gently expressed wish for my society had all the power of a command; and, af ter a prosperous passage along the coast of Italy, their commodious yacht brought us among those themes of ancient and modern song, the Greek Isles. The novel scenery, with the luxuriant vegetation of its exquisite climate, enchanted our W invalid; and Ypsara appearing to elicit her strong est preference, we decided on reposing there after our voyage, and took a temporary residence near Ajio Sotira; from hence we daily made excur- sions to places inaccessible for a carriage ; Clara being frequently induced by her picturesque en thusiasm to overtake her failing strength. Having often heard of the remarkable view from Mount Mavrovouni, she was tempted, one cool, grey morning, to visit it early with Frederick and myself; and we remained sketching from dif ferent points, unmindful of the sultry glory of a southern midday sun, until turning to address Clara, I peiccivcd she had fainted over her spirit ed sketch. In great alarm, Frederick bore her to wards a sequestered villa we had previously re liarked, while I almost flew up the path before him, to solicit assistance, until a sudden turn brought me beneath a verandah, and in presence ola youug Greek lady. Never shall I forget the noble vision of lovcli nc;s wh.ch met my gaze, as I breathlessly explain «d. and apologized for my intrusion. In all the v inaoslic freshness of early womanhood, she was seacd watching the slumber of a cherub boy, W|ldsc rounded check was pillowed by her arm ; hst costume, of the richest materials, selected with t hcskill of a painter, consisted of a foustanclla ofttie lighestgreen satin, under an open guna robi of violet velvet, starred and embroidered in gold and displaying her swan-like neck and bust covered by a pearl network; the small fessi cap ,f crimson velvet, encircled with gold zechins, was ightly placed on her profuse silken-black half and, as she listened, my request was alrea dy biswered from the depths of her soft lustrous eye*,ere her reply, in the purest Italian, could find itterance. • Qlira was soon established on the gorgeously arayid couch, and recalled by the gentle cates so grapifully bestowed by the fair Greek, whose in fant charge, now awake and gaily lisping, had ncslbd into my arms, and was archly misleading my efforts to pronounce his name, Polizoidcs, cor rectrr. His joyous exclamation first made ns a warc of the arrival of air officer, of slight, elegant, ► and very youthful appearance, so strikingly like our lovely entertainer, that I asked, with almost certainty, “11 vostro Fratello, Sigmora ?” A blush of pleasure accompanied her switing reply : “ fa ; it mio Murito, Loehagos* Mavromi killh." ' > The boy was instantly in his father’s arms, who welcomed us with a graceful and high-bred cor diality ; and we prolonged our stay while he dis count] on the stirring themes of national inter est, with all the impetuous energy natural to his youlli, his country,and profession of arms; the j fond eyes of Anastasonla, no longer languid, echo ing bis rapid eloquence with their kindling flash, indicating the possession of woman’s most beau tiful and most fatal gift, intense feeling. So charmed were we with these youthful lovers (who we found ware also orphan cousins,') that theif miniated wish for increasing oar intimacy was met with equal fervour. We found both were highly gifted: and exceedingly well inform jwod; land from that time scarcely a day passed without a visit or note between us. About six days after this occurence, Frederick Veram came in hastily one morning, looking agitated and deadly pale ; Clara, with an invalid’s perception, eagerly demanded the cause. “ The whole town is ringing with a spirited but most hapless act of Mavromikalis’,” he re | plied; “he was ordered by Ektatos ] Koliopulos f to ma'clr with his regiment against Ajio Steffano, which happens to be his native village, inhabited by hit relations and family retainers; he calmly requeued an exchange of duty for some other not requiring a personal conflict againt the actual 4* tiesdi nature; but he was coarsely ordered to I march instantly, or surrender his sword as a trai ,| tor his party. Highly excited by this unexpected J alternative, ho hisitaled, and remained silent; when a foreign officer advancing, laid his hand i on the sword, saying, superciliously, “ Lochagos, : you must renounce that of which you make no f use 1 Mavromikalis felled him to the earth, drew ' ~ the sword, and saying, “it should never be stain ed by himself, or disgraced by another,” he snap ped the blade, and threw it at the feet of the com manding officer.” “ Knowing his impetuous character,” said Clara, “ I can scarcely blame him; but what will be the result 1” “ Alas! there is no uncertainty,, dearest; guil ty of having rebelled against orders, and of strik ing his superior officer, he is taken to the b orl prison, and by the Greek military code, the sen tence of death is inevitable I” » . » • * On recovering from the first shock of this : overwhelming intelligence, I proceeded to the villa; here a hurried and defaced note from An ti astasoula awaited me, stating, “ She had gone to seek the aid of a distant friend; alone, and dis guised, lest she might be intercepted,” Sadly ; 1 returned home, and found Frederick had sought ■ admission to the prisoner in the Fort; but this i the foreign sentinel had refused, coarsely saying, ,fc, ‘lt would be time enough to see him three days hence, when led forth for execution!” Asa last resource we framed a petition to the stern Ektatos, signed by the English and leading Greeks; but he replied, the state of regimental in subordination was such, that he had been wait ing to make a striking sxample of a man of rank and influence, such as mavromikalis ; and there fore all interference was in vain. \f The awful ceremonial of death was arranged in all its melancholly solemnity; the soldiers, 1 looking pale from their distressing duty, stood ! silent as the grave. A movement arose among the crowding spectators, and the prisoner was led forth, no longer in that uniform which had (proved so fatal, bat habited in the flowing tunic |and rest of his native place; this, however,' did (not conceal the hasty ravages of sorrow on his young frame, hitherto firm though slight,but now devoid of elasticity as he mournfully stepped to wards the doomed square. For the first time he raised his head, and looking towards heaven, was soon lost in mental prayer; then murmurs at his extreme beauty came from the crowd, and while their anxiety was at its most painful height a • peasant girl pressed in front of the lino, setting down a lovely boy, who joyously bounded to wards the condemned, exclaiming, “ Mama ! my own mama again That sound caused an electric change in the bearing of the prisoner, whose abstracted thoughts were recalled to earth by nature’s soft bonds ; the long, long embrace,the hysteric maternal cry of “my Boy ■' my Bay proved to the specta tors that the unerring perception of affection had exceeded theirs, and taught the infant boy to dis f cover, in the disguised prisoner, his own loved mother, whose life he had thus preserved! * Lmdiagos] apUllll. ] Exlaloe. governor. Havmg failed m all her appeals for pardon, Anas asoula had effected her entrance into the fort, disguised so that even the prisoner did not recognize her ; and, professing to be an agent of Ins wife shad prevailed on him to escape, and conceal himself on board Vernon’s yacht, where she added, his family would join him. Hecffcct sd a she had arranged by faithful agents; but hehttle thought that his heart’s treasure was to be the price ot his delivarenee; he had even ex pericnced a half-reproachful regret that Anasla soula had not risked a personal interview, to cheer him for his perilous undertaking ;—.so seldom does man devine, the devotion of woman, or guess the ecstasy arising from self-sacrifice for an idol ized object, intense in proportion to the extent of what she has relinquished; for the woman who adores, there is but one hopeless suffering, the desolating conviction of having lost the beau which has cast its spells over her first affections. # * * * * Ektatos Koliopulus, on learning the exchange, and concluding the rebel was beyond his reach, withdrew from the manifestations of popular feel ■nS> aat l fkc heroic Anastasonla was burnt l neat 4 ly lifeless to her house. Her alabaster skin had been stained to the deep tint of her husband’s and the resemblance made complete by the sacri fice ol her luxuriant tresses, so that nothing but childhood s instinct could have discovered her,— We soon after received a private intimation, from the cautions Ektatos, that he had commuted the sentence of death, for instant banishment from Ypsara; and having no lies there, we hastily broke up our establishment, carrying away our Groak friends, whom we left to retirement and af fection at Tenedos. ******* Our English party were at Corfu in 1833, when the Governor gave an entertainment to the young Otho, on his route to take possession of his new I ingdom. I had the honor of waltzing with this good-natured, plain, flat-featured, Moorish looking Prince whom I found, like myself, much fonder of dancing than politics, and who, what ever sort ofking he may be, is one of the best waltzing partners in Europe, which is much more agreeable;) I took an opportunity to relate the foregoing trait ofhis new nation; and. as I felt that no waltz-loving prince could refuse a peti tion while dancing to ‘•The Notrc-dame,” I made mine in such effective terms, that I bad the plea sure, soon afterwards, of adding a bright orna ment to his court in the fascinating Anastasonla, the devoted young Geek Wife. AN ACT Vo provide for the payment of volunteers in this Slate,in certain cases, for services, loss and expenditures, during the late Creek and Sem inole campaigns, and to point out the manner of doing the same ; lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of llio State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, “That the several companies or other bodies of less than sixty men, Battalions or Regiments of the Militia, which were ordered out to defend the frontiers of this State, against the recent hostili ties of the Creek and Seminole Indians, by the commanding officer of such company, Battalion, Regiment or Brigade, and such companies as were or were not formed, and volunteered for the immediate defence of the same, without such or ders, all of whom were not mustered into the ser vice of the United States, shall be entitled to re ceive the compensation of such service, as though they had been regularly mustered into said ser vice. Section 3d. And be it further enacted. That it shall bo the the duty of each and every com manding officer, of the several companies or bo dies ot men, whether commissioned or breveted or appointed by the members thereof to the com mand, under the exigences of the moment, to make out a muster roll of his company or body of men, containing the names ami rank of the members thereof, the lime of their actual service, whether Infantry or Cavalry, the number of days of subsistence and forage for man and horse, fur nished by each, anil the quantity of amuuition expended by each in said services ; and upon the presentation of such muster roll duly certified to the Governor, by the commanding officer of such company, it shall be his duty to issue bis war rant on the Treasury fertile amount duo said company according to the requisitions of the first section of the act, and full pay for the amuuition in favor of the officer commanding the same. Sec. 3d. And be it further enacted. That all Field and Stall Officers shall bo paid, aland after the same rates, which similar officers arc paid, in the service of the United States, upon the pre sentation cf their accounts, duly certified to the Governor. Sec. 4th. And bo it further enacted, That the said Communoing Officers of Companies, shall state upon their muster rolls, what property of said company may have been lost, in battle or l in the immediate pursuit of the Indians, or while employed in actual service, together with a state ment of the value and name of the owner, and still transmit likewise to the Governor such testi mony as the claimant may furnish to him of the loss and value thereof. It shall be the duty of the Governor to pay for the same ; provided that the provisions of this act shall not extend beyond the loss of horses and and equipages, and wagons and wearing apparel of the soldier. Sec. sth. And bo it fuithcr enacted, That his Excellency the Governor be and he is hereby re quired to pay all accounts for subsistence, forage, ammunition, clothing, tents, camp-equipage, cook ings utensils, medicines, hospital stores, trans portation and all other expenses necessarily in curred in titling up the public armies, which may have been contracted, by any commanding offi cer of any company, battalion, or regiment, brig ade or division, or by the Quarter Mastor of ci ther of them thereof, for the use of the same ei ther in the Creek or Seminole campaigns, or in the Cherokee counties of this State, either before or after they have been mustered into the service of the United Slates, provided such payment has not been made by the United States, provided his Excellency shall lie satisfied that the same shall have been purchased in good faith, and pro vided also, that the officers purchasing or issuing sai.l provisions, in the event of his not having re ceived compensation therefor, shall be paid after and at the same rates, which similar officers are paid for like services in the armies of the United States. Sec, 6. And be it further enacted. That inas much as many of the volunteers, both in the Creek and Seminole campaigns, were sick or wounded, and required medical assistance which could not be obtained otherwise than from physicians un connected.., army, his Excellency the Governor is hereby authorized to pay all reason able accounts for the necessary medical attention and nprsing of the Volunteers in the Creek cam paign, who were or were not mustered into the service of the United States, or wounded Indian prisoners, as well as all similar accounts con tracted by the volunteers in the Seminole cam paign, either going or turning fiom the same, who were unable to procure the services of the surgeon of the army. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, 1 bat all ot said companies and other bodies ol men who had to defray their own expenses on their way home, shall be paid such reasonable expenses, provided the same has not been paid by the United Stales. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all payments made under this act. shall be made out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, end that all such payments shall be charged by the Governor in account against the United Slates. Sue. 9. And be it furthorcnactcd, I bat where any duties are required by the commanding offi cer ot any company under tiro provisions ol tbia act, the same may be performed by the next high est'officer in command, provided the said officer mav be dead or removed from the State. _ Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That ail accounts to be paid under ibis act shall be audited by the Comptroller General, who upon evidence of their reasonableness, shall recommend the saoecwMu». i m „ : • same to be paid, to the Governor, who shall there > upon draw bis warrant on the Treasury for the 1 same. I Sue. 11, And be it further enacted, That his 1 Excellency the Governor be, and he is hereby ■ authorized to demand ot the treasury of the Uni • ted States, repayment of the amount paid under this act, which are properly a charge under the 1 rules and regulations of War, and that he be au thorized to request our Representatives and in struct our Senators in Congress to obtain the passage of a special act of Congress for the pay ment ot the accounts not so chargeable under the existing jaws of the United States. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That our Se nators in Congress and our Representatives in that body, be requested to use their most strenu ous efi’orts to obtain an act of Congress sot the appointment of Commissioners under the United Slates to adjust and liquidate the claims of all the ciiizens of this State, for losses incurred by them in the late Indian wars, Foreign Grain.—The import of foreign grain into the Baltimore market, this week will bo large—Tlievesse[s which have just enter ed the port or are in the river, from various parts of Europe, will bring, we learn, from seventy to eighty thousand bushels. Correspondence of the Baltimore Chronicle. The House of Representatives did not sit to-day. IN SENATE. Monday, January 2, 1837. Mr. PRESTON appeared in his seat to day. A message was received from the Presi dent of the United States, enclosing a com munication from the War Department, which was necessary to complete the annual report of the Department. A report was received Irom the Secretary of the Navy, of the expenditures of the Con tingent Appropriations of the year, which have becit settled in the Fourth Auditor’s of fice. Mr. BUCHANAN presented a petition of Dr. Planton, praying for an appropriation to test certain improvements which lie profess es to have devised in Canal Navigation; and also in Rail Road Cars.—Also, a petition of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce pray ing an appropriation for a Custom House. Mr. WHITE, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, presented a Bill for the relief of Capt. SamT Warren, which was ordered to a second reading. Mr. ROBINSON, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported a hill to author ize the location ot tne Jatnesville and Abing don Rail Road in the State of Alabama through the Public Lauds, which was ordered to a second reading. Mr. BROWN, from the Committee on Claims, (Revolutionary) reported .a bill for the relief of Custavus B. Horner, which was ordered to a second reading. Mr. WALKER, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported with mi amendment, llte bill introduced on leave by Mr. Clay, to appropriate for a limited term the proceeds of the Public Lands, &c. [Tlie amendment is a substitution of a new lull or the bill of Mr. Clay, and limiting the sales of Public Lands.] The amendment was ordered to he printed, and the bill was made the special order For Thursday. Mr. HENDRICKS, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported a Bill for the continuation of the Cumberland Roads in the stales of Ohio Inditlns and Jllinuis- Also a Bill to authorize the Ohio Rail Road Company to locate a road through the 1 üblio lands. Also a Bill forlho completion and improve ment of certain rivers and roads in Florida. A Bill asking appropriations lor certain roads in Arkansas, all of which Bills were ordered to a second reading. Mr. KING of Ala. presented the credential ofhis colleage, Mr. McKINLEY, chosen as Senator of Alabama for the term of six years from the 4th day of March next. Mr. WRIGHT from the Committee on Finance to whom we referred the petition of the merchants of New York, reported a bill to remit certain duties on goods destroyed by fire at the recent conflagration in that ci ty, which was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. SEVIER, from the committee on Pri vate Land Claims, reported a bill to ratify certain sales ot lands in Arkansas, winch was ordered to 11 second reading. Mr. NILES from the committee on Rev olutionary Claims, reported a bill for the re lief of Moses MoAlphin, which was ordered to a s-'cond reading. MICHIGAN. On motion of Mr. GRUNDY, llte previ ous orders were postponed and the Senate proceeded to consider the Bill for tiie admis sion of Michigan into the Jnion. A debate then ensued, in which Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, Mr. Grundy, and Mr. Morris took part. Mr. Morris moved to strike out the preamble of thobill, so as to do away with the evidence that the admission was in consequence of any act done by the second convention, the legal ily of which he could not admit. After Mr. Morris had concluded, Mr. Cal houn arose and addressed the Senate on the general principles and beuring.s of the bill, lie tcok a clear and forcible view of the whole subject, its history, the questions invol vee, and the dangerous tendencies of the principles now involved in the measure. Ha was still on the floor when this packet was closed. —b—BWWI wimnraair—b—wwtw l au’cTu s t a7~ Iriilay livsnlnff, Jan. G, 1837. ELECTION FOR COLONEL. Having been several limes asked the state of the Polls for Colonel, at the election on Monday last, we give it as follows; at the City Hall in Au gusta, where the election wns'ordcrcd: For Maj. A.H. Pemberton, 265 For Capt. W. G. Nimmo, 156 109 We understand that polls were also opened (unknown to Maj. Pemberton ami bis friends, and probably by mistake, as the election was or dered at the City Hall, as usual) at the now pre , ciuct near Butler’s Cfeek and the Rail Road; where, it is said, Capt. Nimmo received about 30 voles, and Maj. Pemberton about 3 or 4, reducing | his majority to about 80. | The following gentlemen were, on Monday the 2nd insl., elected Trustees of the First Pres- I byterian Church, in Augusta, for the present ' year, viz: ’ P. Besnocii, B. 11. Warben, . g, Hat.e, A. .1. Mi 1.1.r.a, B. Hall, Wm. Poe, Wx. Bosrwick, t and are requested to attend a meeting to-day, at ■ the Church, at 3 o’clock, P. M. r Wc arc much gratified to learn that Master ! Nelllis had a much belter house last night, than • any night before. In our humble judgement, this c ji au exhibition very different in its character, fiom : ■ most of those which annually draw from the chi ■ zens of our country enormous sums of money.— . In it there is | nothiug offensive, to the most chaste and scrupulous modesty—nothing to virtue —noth- ing to religion, but much to call forth tho kind patronage of a generous community. I “ THE WAR IN FLORIDA : Being an Exposition »f its Causes, and an accurate history of the Campaigns of Genet ! ah Clinch, Gaims, and Scott: By n late Staff Officer. Baltimore. Lewis and Cole man, 1837. This is the title of a very handsome volume of ■ 184 pages, printed and bound in a manner in the ghihest degree creditable to the publishers ; while 1 its narrative of the war and its causes, which is evry creditably written, cannot fail to be interest ing to every reader. The causes of tbo war, particularly, ns developed from autbentia eviden ces, are rendered exceedingly clear and in telligible, and the gross misconduct of “ the gov -1 ernmeflt,” which is evidently the chief one, and gave rise to nearly all, is exposed in a manner highly creditable to the independence, industry, and research of the author; who has found access to many important documents, and rendered perfectly intelligible many events hitherto but indifferently understood, and of ten misconceived. Ho Jwas evidently an officer attached to tho staff of Gen. Gaines, and an intelligent, gentlemanly and zealous one, whom wc find no difficulty in recognizing. That lie was warmly attached to the person of Gen. Gaines, and deeply interested in the honor of bis campaign, we cannot doubt; and therefore, the great liberality and justice manifested toward Gen. Scott, cannot fail to command tho respect mid ■ confidence of the reader; while the conduct of Gen. Gaines, particularly at Gamp Izard, and in relation to the celebrated interview with Assiola* . (or Powell,) and other Indians, (which is mi nutely detailed,) is often placed in a new and probably more correct light. Great credit is justly awarded by tbo author, to the gallant, intrepid, and excellent Gen. Clinch; and, among others, our Augusta Volun toeers figure in it not a little conspicuously and creditably—witness the following extracts from some few of the many references to them : The reader’s attention will now be drawn to the gallant spirits of Georgia, On tbo receipt of the distressing account of Major Dade’s defeat and the subsequent battle of General Clinch, (one company from Savannah having on the re ceipt of the earliest news of the disturbances embarked for Picolala,) a meeting of tho Rich- Blues and Richmond Hussars of Augusta, was convened for tho purpose of volunteering their aid in protecting the ill-fated territory. Tho City Council, with a commendable, liberality, appro priated such funds as were required to furnish arms, ammunition, &c., and every preparation was in progress to make an early start. Tbo Ladies of Augusta volunteered to make up their uniforms, and in less than a week these gallant men of a gallant State were speeding their way to Picolala, on tbo St. Johns. These companion, us indeed most of the others, were composed of the very elite and wealthiest of tho Slate. It had been intimated to- Captain Robertson and Mr. Quartermaster Joseph Beard] that Fort Dtanc and the posts on tbc St. Johns were poor ly supplied with ordinance and Quartermaster’s stores, and in consequence of this rumor, which was subsequently found to be too true, the Quar termaster purchased, with funds appropriated by the council, and look from the arsenal one six pounder with the ncrcssary equipments, three hundred rounds of grape, canister, and round shot, ten thoutand rounds of musket ball and buckshot cartridges, and a general supply of Quartermaster’s stores. On the arrival of the company at .Savannah, this officer increased his supplies by purchasing ten kegs of ride powder, live hundred pounds of bar lead, anil all tho ne cessary articles for making rifle ball cartridges. Further supplies were drawn on their urrrival at Picolala, amounting to live thousand rounds of musket ball ami buckshot caalridgos, two hun dred rounds of grape and canister shirt, and one six pounder with equipments. The foresight of Quartermaster Beard resulted most fortunately, as the military posts hud, by tho extreme and un pardonable negligence of tbo War Department, been reduced so bare, that, in case of attack, they must necessarily have fallen into the hands of the enemy. Nothing lint the timely arrival of these supplies saveil those posts from inevitable destruction. There being no transportation at Pi colala, the Quartarmester procured four horses at Jacksouvillo for the purpose of forwarding one of tbc six pounders to Fort Drane, but when they arrived at the former place two of tho hor ses wore found unfit for service. A train of two small wagons, and ten chicken carts had fortu nately been sent by General Hernandez for am munition and arms for the defence of St. Augus tine, and a council among the officers of tho vo lunteers resulted in an order to the Quartermas ter to press the mule teams into tho service of the United States in transporting these necessaries to Fort Drane Drane for the purpose of affording relief to the brave Clinch, whose supplies were exhausted. Accordingly the Richmond Blues, one hundred and twelve strong, with the Camden and Glynn mounted voluutccrs, numbering twen ty-seven, and tbc Darien Infantry of about tbc same force, under their gallant commanders, Cap tains Robertson, R. Floyd ami T. Bryant, took up a line of march as an escort to the two six pounders, ordnance stores, and twenty-five wa gons and calls laden with provisions, passing through the heart of the enemy’s country, and arrived, on the 15th of February, without ob struction, amidst the cordial congratulations of the almost destitute garrison of Fort Drane. Supplies were immediately conveyed under tho ■ same escort to F°rt King, which post was only saved from abandonment by their timely arrival. But to como at once to the true stale of facts, these provisions were promptly shipped by tbo orders of the Commissary General, and were lan ded at Picolala, or were ready to land, about the With of January. The Quartermaster General Jesup, notwithstanding the urgency of the ease, grossly neglected to provide transportation to convey them to the suffering garrison, and they lay in the store house at Picolata until the 11 lit or 12//* of February. The indefatigable vol unteer Quartermaster Beard, of the Richmond Blues, immediately pressed a number of horses, carts and wagons into the service, for the pur pose of affording relief to the brave Clinch, and with a small escort arrival at Fort Drane in time to save that and the other military post from de struction ! Late on the 2€lli, the wing arrived near the Ouitlacoochec, and encamped about two hundred and fifty yards from Camp Izard. At four o’clock the following morning, the river bank was occu pied by sharp shooter* and two pieces of artille ry, to cover the crossing, which bad been aelcc ted very judiciously by Col. Gadsden. Mr.FosTßn Hloiiokt, of Augusta, belonging to Capt. Ro bertson’s Richmond Bines, most gallantly prof fered to swim the river and attach a rope to a tree upon the opposite side, to facilitate the passage of ( This gentleman has rendered such important services to his adopted country, as Quaitcrmaxtcr and Commissariat, that were I omit the opportu nity to express the high regard which is enter ■ tallied for him in the American army, 1 should commit an act of injustice. Major Beard’s hu -1 sincss talents and gentlemanly deportment erui ’ ncnlly lit him lor those station:-, and place him t wi'hout an equal nr the cotps, - tho wing. Every moment his friends expected . to see him fall a victim to bio noble daring, but f he reached it in safely and planted the flag of the company upon the bank—while the record of Ins chivalry is preserved in history by the well-men -1 ted tribute of General Scott, in naming the cros sing place “ Dlodgel’a Ferry” We must not forget to mention that the work contains three valuable and highly interesting maps—one, of the seat of war, ther of the melancholy battle-ground of tho la mented Major Daub—and the other, o( Camp Izard, Ac. on the Witblacoocboe. , Wo notice, however, a glaring error, which it may bo proper to point out, in the description of the battle of Oloklikaha, on the 21st March, which the author very strangely divides into two battles, on the 30th and 31st, and stales a num ber of its events as having occurred in a battle on tho previous day, when the Indians wore first discovered. This, however, though a singular and unfortunate error, does not detract from the general merits of tho work, and wc trust will not ’ prevent it from being read. Wc ato indebted for tbo copy before us, to tbc | politeness of Messrs. T. H. &I. CJ. Plant, at whose Bookstore it is for sale. » - ’ 'This is undoubtedly the correct otlhngrapby ■ of bis name—at least far more so than ••(.).-cola” r —though perhaps, Ah-se-ola still more correctly expresses the Indian pronunciation of it. His clmr -1 actor of that chief, is, wo believe, equally collect, 1 though it will doubtless, not a little surprise those , who have formed their impressions of it from the various exaggerated, poetical, and erroneous nt ■ mors of the day. 5 3 [COHMUNICATKII.] Mll. Jones—Allow mo to recommend to nil j persons who may have business towards Charles j. ton, and who may stop a day or so in Aiken, to patronize Mr. Win. B. Oliver’s hotel, as comfort , and accommodation will always be found there. In truth, sir, Augusta has no hotel better furnish ed or conducted than Mr. Oliver’s. Families will ' find every convenience and accommodation they could desire. A TRAVELLER. A smali) So it i„ —A biped, who lias grown lo the stature of a man. was addressed in the fol lowing manner, by u gentleman who hud been I transacting some business with him. 1 “ Yon claim to be a human being! Why, sir, if you have a soul, ten thousand of its size would have more room in the shell of a mustard * seed, than a frog in the pacific ocean. Nay, more, ten thousand souls like your's might colonize oiu , the point of a cambric needle, anil live for fifty years, increasing in a ratio equal to tbc Irish peasants; and should they then have a civil ‘ war, the vanquished parly would have mountains ' and valleys to to retreat ten day’s journey off.— 1 Why, man, neighbor Gripes’ soul is ns much larger than the thread of a spider's web; and his can hardly bo discerned by tbo aid of n micros copes that magnifies n million of times!” Nonen tity where is thy children !” This same biped was a hatter, and actually tried the experiment of ascertaining how many beaver bats be could make from a mouse sl;in. It is said ho would make two dandy hats from the skin of a good fat flint, #nd two boys’ hats from the skin of a bed bug. This goes ahead of the steam doc tor, who said be could make two young men out ’ of an old one, and have enough left to make a Newfoundland dog. Wooden nutmegs and cu ■ cumber seeds, speak now, or forever after hold ' your peace. I Idlknrsr.—Burton in ‘Anatomy of mel ancholy, 9 describes idleness as lining mlkl cnnion upon which tho devil reposes/ i)r. Johnson designates it ns tho‘rust ol tho soul.’ COnnGK€IAL. NEW-YOKK, Dkc.3l. Coffer. —Tho inarKot for every description contin ues rather inactive, and prices, ihuiitfh without, any important variation, are hardly sustained. The »nlet* have embraced 2 u 300 hags Brazil nt 11 a IU ; 200 do lOi; 3 a 400 Cohn, 111 to Wt; 150 I>uguirn, 12 Java, 1*11; Domingo, pat prime, 11; and Hume Sumatra at 101 ceniM. Colton. —The market continued to present the name appearance an when lasi noticed. Tho de mand which linn been (orgliipmeni and homo muu ulaelure continues (pule moderate, and although no tarther decline can ho staled as having actually oc enred, holders finding the necessity of concernumi, have occasionally Denuded to a trilling reduction on previous rales; the sales during the past throe days have included 150 hales Mobile at ‘JO a I S’, ; 150 Florida, JO a 17i ; 100 Now Orleano, lOi a lii ; making a total tor the week of’ fully 120 J hales. Tho arrivals have boon 356 hales Total import since Ist in»r. 17,893 bales. Kxport from Ist to 29th hist. if,587 hales. JCxport from the United States since October last, 197,182 bales 'Same time last year, 159,801 hales Same time year before. 179,705 hairs Dome Mic Goods. —The market continues quiet, am) prices without variation. Kxppri from Ist to 20ih hist. Cotton Goods, 503 packages. Flour and Meil. —The market for Western Flour since our last has assumed a firmer appearance, and trilling sales h«ve been made ul an advance* all ho’ quite insufficient in extent to authorise any change in our quotations. We remain without any import ant trnnsactiops lo stale in h'oiMhern ; sales d George town at $11; and If 00 bids. iM. O. had, at $5,94 a SO, cash. Hour Flour declined : a sale oi's()n bids. New Orleans was made at $7. Uyo Flour and Corn Meal have not varied since our previous siatc mont. Fxport from Ist to 29th ins?. Wheal Flour, 5877 barrels. [From Levy's Prices Current.] NEW OKLKANS, Dec. 31. Ilrmnrfa.— /Thu market is boot ter supplied now, than it has been IntelV, with those articles coming under the head of Provisions, and |t. is the only change in its condition wc have to tyoJjee, whore a general rernam will apply, ft is usna) for business to grow rather slack about this period, owing to the intervention < f the holidays, hut no fulling off has boon experienced, so far, the present season; the market maintains much the same character os pre viously, neither very animated, nor very dull. On Sunday lasi it rained in torrents during most of the ( day; since then, the weather has been clear mid cold,though gradualiy moderating as the week ad- * vanned* The Mississippi is within 7 foci of high | water mark, having risen 21 feel since our last. Cotton. —Arrived since the 23d insl of (.musiimi 1 mid Mississippi 16,337ha105, Lake 1036, North Ala bama and Tennessee 5747, Arkansas 300, Mobile 1 36, Florida 4, Texas 73; together 23,533 (ml.**.— 1 Cleared mtbeunmo lime, for Liverpool 7343 Inins, Havre 29.10, Marseilles 450, Nani/. 1228, Havana 252: New York 503, llos on 300, KicSiinorid 6 ; to- i gether 12,917 bales —making an addition lo stock of 10,616, bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive of nil on ship hoard not cleared on ilio 29th inst. a slock of { 110,300 bales. < Tbo transactions in Cotton, since our hist report, ■ have been mi n very moderate scale, owing chiefly i to the small now of the stock offering; had if been greater, thcro is no doubt but what more business would havo been done. In price there is no very essential variation from the quotations of hist week holders did, indeed, avail themselves ol the circiim slav.ee of there being so little in npirket, and tried io put prices no, hut they did not succeed in the effort further than*’to obtain more full prices, oral the Utmost, n quarter of a cent advance, in a few in stances. Wc have no accounts from tin European markets, later than was given in our lust number. -prom the New Orleans Courier, NEW ORLEANS, Dec 31. Stotcment of Cot (.'/i. Sjoek on band Jst October, 18313) Pal 8792 Arrived this week, ‘*3533 Arrived previously, 212321—236741 245041 Exported this week, 1-917 . Exported previously, 121824—134741 otuTAOi* baud, liO&JO Sugar —Now Orleans : Tho Sugar market has been hither heavy during tho week, and pure I Misers have been able luobtain it at easier rales, soy Irom 5| to 6i cents ; mily n very prime article heingr worth the latter price. A mixed lot of lOOhhds was sold, in parcels on the Levee, nt auction, for 5# to 5} cts. There nrenuhis moment a number of lots exposed lo sale on nhe Uwoe wailing buyers. Some f urthcu sales having been made on IMnnlatiuns nt 6 cents, bui there is not a very extensive business doing Havana Sugars continue to he in little or no re quest, and our quotations lor White arc still further reduced. Mnlussrs —Several cargoes have been liought on Plantation nt 20 cents per gallon. In tho city a fair demand nt 28 n 30. Mobile, Ja.\ 3. Sugars —New Orleans, per lb Hi cts. Hanging —Western per yard, 28 cents —dull, Hair Hope —Per lb 14 cents Candles —Sperm, first quality, per lb 35—dull. Coffer —Cuba per lb 13; St. Domingo par lb 13 —small sales. I'lnnr —Pei hid sl2—scarce. Grain —Cprn in car, none ; sboiled per bushel, 1,35 plenty. Jln y—-From second hands, per 100 lb, $2,50. Provisions —Hoes, mess, 15 ; prime, 10; pork clear, none; mest*, per hid 28—scarce. Bacon lumps ner Il» 16c; sides per lb 15ets; lard per lb 17ets—.sams. U’AtsAei/—C ‘ unmon per gal. 46 cents ; rectitiiM 48 cents. From AVw» York Journal of Comm • rre, Per. 28. The pressure upon the money market is probably as severe as nt any former period. Good notes were offered yesterday at three per cent, month. Tbo general impression is, that alter the first of January is fairly gone by, money will bo easier. In the mean lime there aro no failures. Men con trive, by hpokor by crook, lo get money sullicient to nay their notes. Ivlooii.k in trouble.— Our merchants and man iifarturers have had a trying and non lons time of it, this w inter, but tho situation of Now York is envia ble compared with that of Mobile, as represented to us by authority which wo cannot question. The State Branch Bank is said lo ho almost bankrupt, in deed the report that it had actually Htop|tod payment was current throughout the Stale—five of the direc tors bankrupt to the amount of nearly two millions; a row sot of directors elected, and tho old one* re sponsible to the honk for nearly lour millions; a circulation of three millions, with only three hundred th.msand dollar.-, in specie to sustain it ; twenty-five mercantile failures reported in one day; money not to he had on loan or discount, even at loti |w»r rent a month; and to crown all, the Legislature have passed tho hill for the rail mud between Montgom ery and IVnsncoln, which the citizens of Mobile consider a filial blow to their prosperity. Sueh was the slate of things, in Mobile, Juit a week ago!— New York Com. Adv. OBBBBBBBBSSSSSBSf. nr ' B,w • r —tn- Ml r I. Notice.— Four months alter date application will he made to llm Honorable the Inferior Court of Burke county, while fitting (br ordinary hu simiNM, for leave to k .II some lands in Cherokco and Burke county, consisting of sixty nere.s in rhurokee and two tracts in Burke, containing lour hundred and thirty acres, known as the Clark Tract; nil be longing to the ('slate ol William Bryan, dec’d, of /ninko county—sold for tho purpose of paying the A lie! its of said estate. r JAMES GRUBBS, Adm’r. ELIZABETH BRYAN, Adm’x. Jan 3 1 tin BL'GRSALE—Tbo undersigned offers forsale a -B Plantation io Burke County, containing 1100 Acres of Land (on Buckhoad (’reeks with 50 likely Negroes 35 ol them worker*, the balance young, together with the Slock and produce an it stands ci must big of about 100 head of Cattle. 12 Young well broke Mules 3 I lijroe Colls 3 years old 1 Plantation Horse A Stock of Hogs 1 Waggon I Ok t mill and Oxen 8000 His Pork (killed mid cured) 1000 Biinliols Corn with Fodder, Outs, ami Pens, in Proportion and every necessary article, for carry ing on Ihr Farm—Terms liberal and immediate pos session given. GEO. W. LAMAR. .lan 4 2 wlw' ID" The ComtiliitionaliHt will please publislKlho above weekly for two weeks. /j PEOPLE’S LINES'r I \GES.--.'rhoSi(icklMdm»i's n of (he Peoples Lino of Stages are puriieiihilly requested to medal, the Globe Hotel, on Thursday, I January stli. 1837, at 7 o clock P. jti. to pay tlm re/ mainiii# 50 per et. due on theif stock, ily Janß _ljdj The Piiksiokw: A plantation fo£ sale.-i om* for . sale my Plantation in Shriven county, contain ing 1450 acres, of which 1 100 are oak and hickory, and the balance pine land. The situation is healthy and lies nhoqt lour miles from the river : 450 acres of the hind are cleared and will average 800 to 1208 (MUindsol cotton to the acre. 1300 bushels Corn onthe place cun bo bud at the market price; g|*i», eight Horses sod mules. Price 15000 Dollars—part cash, and the balance in bankable paper. J. M. WADE, .Inn 4 2 if If £ I HIKE SHERIFF’S RALE.—WiII ho sold on f & Him first Tuesday in Fcbuary nextlat the Court House Door in the town mI VVuynesh jrough, the following properly, lo wit: Ope tract of Land con taining five hundred and seventy-seven acres, more or less, adjoining hind ofZ L. F. Tniuini and oth ers. »Sobl ns'Hie property of Thomas F. Few, to satisfy one fi lit, in liivor of Ali|ion Antony vsT. S. Few, sold subject to a mortgage and widow’s dow cry in llto'gama. JAMES A.&PKINGER,S. B. C. Jan 6 id 4 jf )) OWTON | —-This beautiful stallion and cole- MLkI/ hr .'led Racer will make his second season in America, under the direction of Mr. F. F. il.Gerow, ul W. Hampton'* Woodland Estate, five miles be low Columbia, and bo let lo Mares at $75 the season, $l2O lo insure, and one Hollar lo the groom; the money to be paid in advance, or before the marcs are taken away. ' Tho Hcagpn will commence on the first of Februa ry and end tli- first of Inly. Extensive rye and grass pastures pmvi ed lor mures, and separate lots for such as may have young foals, and mares well led, a 50 cents per day. Every rare will he taken to guard against accidents, hut no responsibility should they occur. Rowto.v is a good chestnut without while, fifteen and a baH'liaiids high, of great bone and muscle He is a horse oi lbo finest limbs, and most exa'U propoilions, and after (he exportation o|' Atnpluori was considered the most beautiful stalli m in Eng land. Jlis stock are thought very promising, and are idling as high as the get of any stallion in the kingdom. By a reference lo the sporting periodi cals ol the day, Rowlon’s pedigree and performances liny he seen, as also the very high estimation in which lie i* boh) both in England ami America. N. B.—Black servants sent with mares, will ho hoarded gratis; having no accommodations for white persons on the spot, they must hoard in Co biiahia or elsewhere. };:/•* Tbc Augusta Chronicle and Georgia Courier will please copy the above six times weekly, and send their accounts lo (his office.—Col. Telescope t _.hm 3 w6t, (lIfECKSON NEW YORK—For sale by / Jan 5 3) MOIHE & COHEN £ EFFER3ON SIIERHTSALE.—WiII ho sold at llm .Market house in the town of Louisville, on the first Tuesday in February next, between il|u usual hours ot sale, the following property, (to-wij) viz: Anthony,n man, 45 years old ; Hannah, a wo man. 37 veins old ; Hemietla, n girl, 17 years old.— All levied onus the property of John k. Daniels, to satisfy a mortgage ft. la. in favor of Batiiek B. Con ually ; property pointed out in said mortgage. IVY W. GREGORY, Hh’ff. Jan f 3 id OROHOit 4, Hutho Count]/* W[IER E AS, William Sapp, Administrator on Ihe estate of Richard 1 lankiiiHqn, dec’d, ap plies for Letters Disrnissory, these ar6 therefore to cite und admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at mv office within the limo prescribed by law, to file their objections, il any they have, to shew cause why said Ictlars should not he granted. (riven under mv hand, at office, in Waynesboro’, the3.*lh Dec. 1836. J. G. BAUJ LV. Clk. Jon 5 3 wAro (* 110 UG fA, Hurkf: ('(uniti/. ’A $/’iIKREAS, William Rollins, Administrator e v on th.) estate ol Benjamin Secgar, dec’d, ap plies fa* l/Olfcrs Dismissorv, these are therefore to c tc Had a ini niish, all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be mid appear at my office, within llm time proscribed by law, to file their objeetions, if onv they have, lo shew cause why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand, at • flirt?, in Waynesboro*, tlps.'JOtli Dec. 1836. J. G. BADULV, Clk. d 1 DARDIAN’S NOTICE.—Four mwiths after * R date, application will he ma le to the lionorn hl. ibe Interior Couil of Columbia county, when sitting for ordinary purt.osjs, for love lo sell throe* NViri.c . belonging in Mrs., j ydia Bugg. JiUi 6 4 -Uni*; BEN.) AMIN Guard. ~~ " =sas=a ■ S XJATTALION COURT OF INQUIRY . " -IJ A’otice to Defaulter* fined. —At the Bal |j I tlton Court of Inquiry heM at the City Hall W. I, Augusta, on Wednesday, the 28lh ult. the fol lowing Defaulters at the Battalipn Parade of the, J 3rd ult. were lined the several sums attached to., J their names, respectively. Agreeably to law,. Executions, will issue against all who do not vol- ’ ’ unlarily pay said tinea within thirty day* from, r the netting of the Court. fiient. Jaiqga L. Wray, $lO 00 i Serg’l Adda Johnson, f> 00 Corp’l J. (ft Seeil, 4 00 Private G. W. Morgan. 3 00 “ H. W. F. Capcheart, 300 “ U. Guicu, 3 00. “ Whi. H. Holmes, 300 “ Granville Hordes, 300 “ John M. Adams, 300 * I “ it. Junes, 3 00. “ Alcx’r Phillip, 300 John Mcllryde, 3 00 *■ Wm. Mann, ij.oo “ J. J. Flournoy. 3.00 , “ John McGnire, J};00 “ W. A. Kain, 3; 00 “ B. 11. Kirkland, > OOi “ J. P. Greiner, 300 “ Wm. Wallace, 3QO “ Wm. Fuller, 300 ’ “ Cephas Batty, 300 “ T. G. Banks, 3 4i*- > “ J. Noreross, 300 “ E. D. Cooke, 3 00i “ .1. J. Clayton, 300 “ Augustine Frederick, 300 “ Geo. Galphin; 300 i ’* Geo. W. Lamar, 3 00i > “A. Sibley, 3 0.) | “ G, H. Metcalf, 3 00, , “ B. N. Wilson, 3 00, “ Gioo. A. Sinnnons, 300 t “ Je,s. Leveriqh, 300 “ J{. Gilstrap, 300 “ Andrew J. Miller, 300 “ Elisha Muiiton, 300 “ Jan. Flint, 300 , The Executions issued by Col. R. W. Me-. Keen, for default at JlatluUon Parades, were, decided by the Court to be illegal, and ordered to, ' be stayed; annuli fines collected under such Ei-. editions were ordered to he refunded. JOSEPH COLLINS, Clk. ExTnnier eko.u tiik Militia Law or 1831. "It shall bn the duly of said Clerks [of Regi mental or Battalion Courts of Inquiry] to attend ' all the Regimental or Battalion Courts of In quiry, thereafter to bo held in their respect if e districts, and to keep u fair record of the proceed ings of said Courts, and, within ten days after each Court, make out a list of all fines assessed thereat, designating the district in which each 1 delinquent resides, and alss of the appropriations ( mude by said Court, and forward it totna Pay master of the Regiment,—or of the Uattalion,— who is authorized to receive and receipt for the fines that each delinquent may voluntarily pay. | And the commanding officers of Regiments or Battalions, upon receiving the nllidnvit of any delinquent, (previous to the issuing of Execu tion,) properly attested hy any officer authori zed to administer the same, and showing cause, why lie should Q/if have beep lined, may the Clerk to stiyy the issuing of Execution until the silling of the succeeding Court who may, upon the merits thereof, retailor continue said lino, and direct that it ho collected forthwith. And the (Berk shall, immediately after the expi , ration of thirty days, issue Execution against each delinquent, who has failed lo pay the fines, assessed against him, or to file the affidavit here in before required; signed hy himself rnd coun , tursignod by tho presiding officer of Iho Court, or, in his absence, he apy other officer who was a member of the Court, and directed to the Pro vost. Martial of the Regiment or Battalion, ort ny lawful Constable, within the said Regiment s or Battalion; which Execution shall lie, by Ihiy ('jerk, delivered to tho Provost-Martial, and Intro his receipt therefor, which shall lie, by the Clerk given to the Paymaster,) who may dislri trihute the same (o the several Constables with-, in thoßegintcntal or other district, for collection, nr proceed lo collect the same under the same, rules and regulations in regard to Constables' sales generally; and such Executions shall havai tho same niguity as though they had lieeu issued hy a Justice of the Peace, anil tho same costs ■- warded the Clerk and provost, or Constable, eolleeting. ns in eases of equal dignity in |hn Justices Courts; and the Provost-Marshall shall he required, within six mouths from receiving! the Executions from the Clerk, to pay monies which may have come into his hands through the collection thereof, to the I’ayniasteter of thq . Regiment, and to return such Executions ns can. not he collected, with the truth of the ease endor sed on the hack thereof, and all such as havp been • collected hy the Clerk." Jan 5 It PabNdfi'f (Vn, jlm) c/uni.Ksrojv, .v. c, - ll’i n ter Jlrrnuffcment* fBJVIK ATLANTIC STEAM PACKET COMPANY, desirous to sccpininotUta travellers, have determined tp run their Boats through the Winter between NORFOLK and CHARLESTON. S. C. The SOUTH CAROLINA, Cnpl, Coffey, wild Leave Norfolk, Leave Charleatpn, Friday, 6th January. Thursday, 18th “ 20lli If “ 26t|t •• t The GEORGIA, Capl. Rolling, will Leave Norfolk, Leave Charlcatap, Friday 2d February. Thprsday, 9th Fehf'y “ 17th “ “ 23d •• It is needless to say those gre boats of Iho first class and commanded by earefpl and experienced officers. Passage and faro, S3O. Duo notice will bo given when they will liegin tq run weekly. For passage, apply to. WILLIAM PATTQN, Charleston. DICKSON A HUNTER, Norfolk. JAMES FEKGUSSON, Baltimore. Dee 31 *7 - JOHN B. GUfJI)RON respectfully inform^ the citizens of Augusta, Ijigl ho ‘kill conti; nucs to run his OMNIBUS tq the Raj) Road posilory, in Hamburg, UAjLf, expressly for the accommodation of the public. If will call fox Passengers from any section of the city, and lak.4 them to any place desired, within its limits —siuf in all instances, wilj run through Broad street, tq the principal Hotels. He feels thankful for Ihf very liberal patronage heretofore extended tp bun, ami solicits a continuance of the same. 1 g Oct 7 3 f JVOTMtUR, ~ jdTlx A the first Saturday iift January Hjr City Council will appoint the IqUwßtng Os. ficera, for the ensuing year, NWrflft salaries anj pexed, viz: n, (dork of Council, with a salary of S4OO Collector and Treasurer, “ 700 Marshal, “ 1500 Deputy do “ 800 Two Constables, •• (caclj) «00 Clerk of lower Market, “ 800 Clerk of upper dq " 60 Jailor, “ 700 Keeper of Magazine. “ 250 Eight Watchmen, $1 per night. Clerk Court of Comiaqp fleas. City Sheriff, City Surveyor, Four Vendee Maafem, Published hy order pf Council, passed Rje 17fo December, 1833. GEO. r M. WALKER, Clerk. Dccsmbct 21 ■' S»