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I iiqroqrgoii csmiwacKiaa & aoßsnHUffliil& * WILLIAM E. JOXES. * J " ‘ ~ ~ 1— ' v ' ' , J —*-* v S@nWisfirti DAILY, SEMI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY At No. 251 Broad Street. TERMS —Daily papei, Ten Dollars per nnmm in advance. Semi-weekly paper, at Five Dollar as heretofore in advance, or Six at the end of thi year. Weekly paper. Three Dollars in advance, o Four at the end of the year. AUGUS T A; Wednesday Evening, February 8. ARRIVAL OF GEN. CLINCH. This distinguished and beloved officer arriveti here this morning by the Rail Road, from Charles lon, and was received with all the marks of re spect due to one who enjoys so large a share ol ; the confidence and affections of the people of this city, and we may add, of this State. The two (V Volunteer Companies, the Richmond Blues, and Augusta Guards, paraded early this morning, and inarched over to Hamburg, where they re ceived the General, and escorted him to his lodg ings at the Planter’s Hotel. A largo number of gentlemen on horseback also joined in the escort, among whom was the Mayor of the city, and the Committee appointed at the meeting last evening to tender him a public dinner. A number of guns weie fired on both sides of the river in addi tion to the salutes of the Volunteer Companies. The respect paid to Gen. Clinch would be shown but to few men living, for he seems to be a favor ite with every body, and the volunteers who went from this city to Florida all look upon him almost as a father. The Committee have waited on the General, and tendered him a public Dinner, in compliance with the resolutions of the meeting last evening, f vv h*ch ho has accepted, and named Friday even ing as the lime. At a large and respectable meeting of the citi zens of Augusta, held at the Masonic Hall, on the evening of the 7th instant, Willi am W. Holt, Esq. was called to the Chair, and N. W. Cocke, Esq. was appointed Secretary. The Chairman having stated that the meeting had been convened for the purpose of adopting some method of do ing honor to the gallant Gen, Clinch, Capt. F, M. Robertson made a few remarks in compli ment of the character and services of that officer, and concluded by offering the following resolu tions : Resolved, That a public dinner be tendered by the citizens of Augusta to Gen. Duncan L. Clinch, upon his arrival in the city, in testimony of their respect for his character and public ser vices. Resolved, That a Committee of thirteen bo ap pointed for the purpose of tendering him the invi tation and making all necessary arrangements .- and that the Chairman be one under the last of the foregoing Resolutions. The Chairman nom nated as that Committee the following gentle men : Wm. W. Holt, Esqr. Lieut. S. C. Wilson. Gcn.G. W. Summers. Lieut. Jas. T. Gray, Capt. Saml. Bones, H. H. Cummins, Esq. PLTEit Bennoch, Esq. B. H. Warren,Esq. John Fhinizy, Esq. Emm. Martin, Esq. Dr. J. G- McWhorter, Jas. McLaws, Esq. Gr.O. W. Lamar, Esq. Resolved, That the citizens of Augusta who arc desirous of subset thing to said dinner, bo re quested to call for that purpose at the Eagle and Phoenix, United Stales, and Planter’s Hotels, this day, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 3, P. M. The meeting hen adjourned. WM. W. HOLT, Chairman. N. W. Cocke, Secretary. From the U. S. Telegraph, INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES. We have refrained from speaking of the progress of these committees, not only because we were without direct authority as to the facts and circumstances occurring in the Course of their investigations, but because wo desired that the public mind should be kept in Unit state of impat tiality which would al low it to judge with calranesss, when the re ports should be made public. We do not now mean to deviate from this line of conduct ; nor should we have brought the subject before the puolio at ail, until the reports wore made, but for the course of certain prints and cor respondents in this city. The latter have given currency to tnanyjrutnours, gathered, no doubt, from the prevailing gossip of the Ca pitol, while the former, oral least one of them, lias sought to prejudice the public mind in advance. We would wish tlie public to await the reports of the committees before they pass judgment, in thought or word, upon the proceedings. Tlie reader will doubtless have heard of a certain letter from A. Jackson, Esq. and may have seen, perhaps, a protest from ane of his associates, R. M. Whitney by name; but lie is desired so restrain his curiosity and to suspend Ids judgment for the present. The whole matter will be laid before the public in a short time, in a form that will enable them to make up a correct judgment. There is one circumstance which wo have noted in the progress of this investigation, which is very significative. The East Room paper appears to be exceedingly anxious to forestall the public opinion. Scarcely a num ber reaches us that does not contain some phillipic against Messrs. Wise and Peyton in regard to the proceedings ol the committees. The committees themselves are designated as "inquisitorial," and evcly term of opprobrium is heaped upon certain individuals supposed to be rather too active in ferretting out the frauds and corruptions of the departments. This fact speak volumes, and tell us there is '‘something rutlen in the State." It is worthy of remark that the President, who, we are as sured, was anxious for the investigation, has found it convenient to close the doors of his most virtuous family, and to join in protests and prevarications with It. M. Whitney, Esq. One stands mute—another, Mr. Amos Kendall, is suddenly fallen into idiocy, and knows no thing of the history of the country for tlie last halt century, having been engaged, it would seem, in studying the topography of his birth-place, and claiming no knowledge but such as pertains to Heaven. Messrs For syth aud Woodbury have been engaged in other anti-sublunary speculations, and are equally indisposed to contemplate eaithly things ; while the great god of the whole con cern is casting about his thunder-bolts against the intruders upon the privacy and purity of his heavenly-minded establishment. Be it so. The people will determine whether it is inno cence or guilt that shuns the light, and plants obstacles in the way of investigation. We had promises of open doors, and invita tions to “come and see ;” but now we are told that general charges arc worth nothing—arc , undeserving of notice —and that those who make '. thetn are slanderers and calumniators; and as , ihe whole concern, from tlie kitchen to the par- , lor, from the porter to the President, is an “unit” , —no one can be allowed to bear testimony against another, on the law maxim that no petson can j give testimony in his own case ! Asd do these , Corrupt ministers suppose that the people will be content with these suspicions prevarications and F, subterfuges t If so, 'they are dccriud? S sl' uik r refllSC ans ' Tor interrogatories, and skulk from investigation, and the public will at m inbu te .be proceeding to the true cause. Th' £ =* Ibofongh and perfect examination or who attempt to hide their guilty deeds mil be exposed... the nakedness of crime before „ the whole country. Postscript.—Since writing the above we _ have, seen the Last Room paper of this morning containing the letter of A. Jackson to the Hon. - H. A. Wise, which is referred to above. It will bereadby' l , 0 p UbKc wilh nnlvoM#l astollish ! id I" ’ ... " rlter attacks Congress, and the s stvleon* 08 ’ a |' ,d th i° Chairman - «“ Ids usual ty It of bravado and vulgarity—denounces the proceedings as being in the nature of general )f se " rc, ‘-'varranls— calls the members of the Com mittccs inquisitors —compares them to the Span tsh inquisition —and, in the end, asserts that the 0 charges made in the speeches in Congress, and d the sanction given them by Congress in the ap- P ol ntment of the Committees, amount to a direct hhpeachment ot his own high and pure character; and that, therefore, the proposed investigation is - ■illegal and unconstitutional." if And all this comes from a man who, but a few ~ weeks ago, told Gen. Glascock that he was mill mg and anxious to have a Jail and complete scrutiny .' Did ho then expect that Congress » would not appoint the Committees 1 No doubt f that such was his expectation. His present - « ou «e proves it. And while his letter throws a flood of light on the dark domains of his infa ‘ mous aml corru Pl dynasty, it also leaves strong 1 grounds to suspect tha (ho is fully aware of the . dark deeds and damning speculations es his es t labhshment. Bui the charges ate against him personally. The “unit” argument is, here again; and again tho shiclding subterfuge of a virtual impeachment is resorted to as preliminary to an !, othcr expunge. Be it so. Such things may B ? ervc ,0 °P OII tl>e eyes of a much abused people; insulted, mocked and betrayed by their own vile , agents, who have employed their own money to . corrupt the press, as a means of deluding and de grading them, and who now refuse to give an ac count of their infamous transactions. The eom . '"and has gone forth to the various officers “to de vote themselves to their business in preference '■ to any illegal and nnconslitcUonal calls for in , formation, no matter from what source it may , co , m " This is the general order of this King of the Kitchen ;and ot course the Committees aud Congress must submit in silence, as becomes 1 obedient vassals, scared by the blandishing of . the flcsh-foik and the ladle. Departure of Santa Anna.—The U. S barque Pioneer, Capt. Talnall, was towed to sea i on Tuesday morning last, from Norfolk, by the . steamboat Patrick Henry. On board the Pioneer was Gen. Santa Anna, and his Secretary, Cap tain Almonte, bound to Mexico. From the N. V. Commercial Advertiser, of Feb. 4. Disasters—The ship Avis, from Savannah for Mobile, came in contact with the brig Dia mond, Capt. Chaffee, fiom Now York, fur Apa lachicola, by which accident the latter was total ly lost. The disaster took place on the morning of the sth of January, about forty miles cast oT Abaco, (Hole in the Wall)—the wind at tho time blowing a gqle, and the slop under double reefed 'topsails. The Avis laid too to render as sistance, and succeeded iu taking off the crew Unfortunately, while the crew were passing from the Diamond to the boat of the Avis, Capt. Chaf fee fell between the ship and tho boat, and was drowned. The A. remained near the wreck until 8 o’clock tlie next morning, when it went down. The Avis lost her bowsprit, fore-lop gallant mast, and started hot cutwater, and was then wise seriously injured. She succeeded in reaching her destination. The Diamond was a new vessel of about one hundred lons, and was owned by Wm. R. Bowers, of Providence, and by Capt. Chalice. She was insured in Ibis city for $7,000. The brig Standard, Snow, of Bangor, was wrecked on tlie 10th Dec. on a reef off Middle Carcos, on her passage from Savannah, Ga. to Kingston, Jamaica, with a cargo of lumber, rice, &e. Capt. Snow and the crew, with a part of the lumber and materials, arrived at Turks Island on the 23d Dec. in one of the wrecking vessels belonging to the island. From the New-Yorker, WOMAN—IIX ERNEST UERENGER. ‘ And aay, without our hopes, without our fears, Without the home that plighted love endears, h Without lli‘smiles from partial beauty won, u Oh, what were man—a world without a sun ” a A Bachelor as we arc, we are far from withhold- ti ing our warm tribute of admiration from Crca- M lion’s bettor part —the delight and toiment, tho u ‘ morning sunlight and tho evening joy,’ of life. b Wo have never bowed before any * bright parti- c eular star,’ but we profess a kind of general allec tion for the whole sex. We love them all—with .. a reasonable love; that is. wo do not like their a faults. Wo confess wo could never have any patience with the giddy flatterers who form tin* retinue of fashionable folly. They arc like but- '' terflios wantonly sporting in the summer sun, ' beautiful but useless; sacrificing at tlie shrine of 1 a temporary admiration tho attractions and graces u which were designed to gild and cheer the path- way of life. s l But Woman—view her as she should be, and such as fancy paints and nature designs her—is g 1 tho charm, the romance, tho presiding angel of tu life. Without her, how desolate, disgusting, and si common-place were the scenes around us! The pi grace, the beauty, the poetry of existence were bf gone. Her presence is like a sunbeam bursting through tho clouds and gloom of earth, anima ting and enrapturing all within the circle of her influence, crowning the cap of joy and beguiling the mood of wo. It is a vision embodying all that is lovely, tender, and admirable—all that ex acts the homage or awakens aud controls the ten derer passions of the heart. And who can estimate tho power of Woman, as a sex, in the various scenes of life—in work ing the weal or wo, tho exaltation or debasement of fallen humanity ! If, indeed, all the causes that are operating upon society could he distinctly ascertained, what an untold tide of influences would bo traced to Ibis source! How many minds are moulded in (licit form and structure — how many hearts arc fashioned and fired in their operations, by the plastic baud of Woman !—How essential is it, then, that Ibis fountain-head of ex istence—this spring of life’s deepest, fondest and most uncffaceable impressions, should bo pure, sacred and holy! We agree with Lord Byron in admiring, above all tilings, piety in a female. We mean not cen sorious aud ostentatious prudery, but simple, un affected, unobtrusive piety.—lt sits easily and naturally upon the gentler sox—throws a diviner grace and beauty about their daily paths, and adds new loveliness to their charms. It is in this character that Woman appears most lovely; and it is in this character that history testifies most loudly to the benefit of her influence. The Sa viour of the world had no disciples more humble and devoted, more faithful and confiding, than her: • She, when apostles shrunk, dal dan to brave— Last at the cross and earliest at the grave.’ And it is a remarkable fact that to Woman the chief credit of introducing Christianity into the land of our ancestors is due. It was almost in variably through the influence of their queens that the different kings and kingdoms of the Saxon heptarchy adopted its tenets, throwing aside their former barbarous riles and savage idolatry. Amid the scenes of the Reformation she was also a silent but efficient actor. And we arc often called to admire her sustaining the bands and encouraging the hearts of its apostles, and chocring the last hours of its martyrs in the dun geon and at the stake. Woman, in fine, wherever she is placed, and j in whatever sphere she moves, may ever be sure ; of admiration. In tlie throng of fashion and the | haunts or pleasure, we may how to her charms j and acknowledge her power. Yet it is not there that she is the loveliest. It is when she lends herself to grace the common walks and to per form the ordinary duties and charities of life that she appears most fascinating—most angel-like. It is around the domestic hearth, in the nursery, by the bed of sickness and of pain, that she most deserves our homage. It is there that we gaze and worship. It is there that we bless her en livening presence, and cease to wonder that even Paradise was desolate and cheerless without her bliss-creating smile. f> om the New Yorker. THE WAKULLA BPKI.VG, FLORIDA. BY REV. FITCH W. TAYLOR. Sweet goblet of the sylvan spring Whence bright Wakulla rolls, Thou sceracst like some glorious thing Just fallen from cerulean halls. Thy fame hath gone beyond tho sea, As tale from fairy laud, Nor deem the earth has such as tbeo 1 o curl its wave on golden sand. But here the eye of lady bright Hath gazed upon thy face, And ihou bast drunk its beauteous light, And mirrored back its loveliness. And boro the heart with gentle beat Hath o’er tby bosom hung, While on tby tide the sylph-like boat Seemed gliding now the clouds among. And hero they say that lovers come Upon tlieir winding maze, ■ To catch each other's smile, as from Thy sunlit bosom back it plays. And hearts that seek thy silver glade With joyous hopes should glow, Nor sorrow’s cloud cast boro one shade So bright and beautiful art thou. And art Ihou not the long sought found That ceaseless years should give, Which Knights from ‘father-lands’ sought out, And deemed that they who drank should live ? And live they yet who wot their lips In thy clear fount of yore, When gallant men came forth to sip The aqua vine of thy shore ? Sweet goblet of the sylvan spring, More fair than Helicon !, The gi fled with the lyre shall sing Thy mystic charms us Time rolls on. But what shall thou tho emblem bo To this fair laud of flowers ? Thy tides are deep, and pure, and free, Nor shall they fail with coming hours. So may the founts of .Science pour Tlieir streams of wisdom out, Still, deep, perennial, and pure, As flows tby fount that lessons nut. And through their land of olden fume May Virtue's currents glide, As onward rolls tby crystal stream To mingle with the Ocean’s tide. And such we’ve deemed shall be tby weal, Thou land of golden hope, As Time tby years shall chronicle, And thy b.igbt promisings shall ope. Ay, Florida, the beautiful, The loved, the storied land, The cop of bliss foams bright and full Wo ask may greet thy fairy hand. And could we shape tby destiny Through change of onward years, Then brightest lot should wail fur thee, While heavenward wotul our holiest prayers. For tliiue, wo know, are fiiirost flowers, Aud purest founts, aud clime ; And glndly would our future hours Share weal and woo with thine. [From tho Albany Evening Journal.] \Vc hope the Author of the following linos has cost away the Bowl, hut for winch he would have been respected for his honesty and admired for his genius. If suffering, des titution and degradation, with ali the kindred miseries of drunkenness, can induce a man to “cast away the bowl,” this individual has brought, himself within the rule. With tal ents and integrity which fit him for the high est walks in society, lie has for years been a ragged, dirty, loathsome drunkard, hanging about rum collars, staggering in the streets, or rolling in the gutters ! He is sober now, and we d-aw this picture, disgusting as it is, that bn may boo himself— the thing he was. II bis is deemed a harsh remedy, we reply that all tho milder ottos have been exhausted. Hu lias worn out tho sympathies and lost the re ijioct of his friends. In mere compassion, to was rescued from commitment as a vu jrant, and placed where he lias had an oppor unity to form redeeming resolutions. We tincerely hope that there is as much truth as roetry in this determination to become a so icr man : I’VE THROWN THE BOWL ASIDE. I’ve thrown the bowl aside, For me no more shall flow Its ruddy stream or sparkling tide, How bright soe’er it glow ; I’ve seen extending wide Its devasting sway, Seen Reason yield its power to guide,— I've cast the bowl away ! O no or tempt mo again To drain the cup of sin: For ruin elite, disease and pain, Taint all that foams within ; Neglected duties rise In fearful, sad array, Up to its brim. I will he wise,— I’ve cast tho bowl away ! I I’ve seen the pride of all— 1 The wise, the good, tho gieat— 1 Like summer leaves, all timeless fall, And veil thcii high estate; I I’ve seen fair woman give i Her every charm away,— Embrace the demon vile, and live ! i I’ve cast the bowl away ! I My days of revelry . O gladly 1 give up; , They’re but the masks of misery, | Which still lurks in tho cup: While Indolence and Want ( And Poverty display Themselves in every drunkard’s haunt, — I’ve cast the bowl away ! A drunkard’s gloomy grave Shall ne’er be made for me ; O rather let the rushing wave Engulpb me in the sea ! And may it he my lot To die 'ncath Reason’s ray I Remembered by my friends or not, I’ve cast the bowl away ! i My potli henceforth is plain, In honesty to live— To shun Intemperance and its train, By Industry to thrive ; No duly to forget, And live to bless the day. When I was led without regret, To east flic hove! away ! 1; c From the N. V. Courier and Enquirer, s “THE DAY OP SMALL THINGS.” We never felt more forcibly the applicahi. t lity of this old fashioned form of words, that '• in reading a communication a day or twe i since in one of the Philadelphia papers. It it t in the shape of a letter from John M. Niles. 5 Senator in Congress from Connecticut, to otic Mr. Pettit, who it seems, invoked the opin ‘ ion of the said Niles on tho right of a Logis • Inture to repeal a bank charter deliberately granted, and tho more general power of “the people,” to do any acd every thing which tlieir petted demagogues may deem expe dient. This Mr. Pettit appears to be proud beyond measure, of his senatorial correspon dence, and ho parades Judge Niles before the public ns tin authority that is pretty likely to settle tho matter effectually. That illus trious individual happens by one of those in scrutable dispensations of Providence, which theologians themselves find it difficult to ac count for, to bo tlie representative of a sover eign commonwealth in tho national legisla ture, and advantage is taken of this circum stance to make Mr. John M. Niles a man whose opinions are worth something. He is called Judge Niles, with the view, we sup pose, of producing the impression that ha has held a judicial station in his own State that entitles him to consideration ns an expoun der of law and an annontator on the constitu tion. His legal and constitutional learning must be estimated by his own display in the letter itself, with which tve have nothing to do atllfis moment; we have not yet got to That part of the remarks tve shall probably make before we ar s through with this article; but it is proper lor us in the onset to disabuse the public on a preliminary point. This min is called a Judge and literally speaking, the charge is cotvoct, John M. Niles was actual ly « Justice of the Quorum for tlie county of Hartford—in a Court that is used ns the more stepping stone to trial before the superior tri bunals, and in whoso capacity ihe Ltv'islaturo basso little confidence, that it is allowed to have final jurisdiction in no cases involving pecuniary claims over seventy dollars. Tins name Judge Niles was taken in high party times from a more pettifogger's office in an obscure hamlet called Poqaunnock, to the edi torial supervision, of a Inv party newspaper in Hartford, named the “ Times,” ami while editor of that charmingsbeet, made u judge of the court inferior in grade and jurisdiction to all others in tho Stale, saving always tlie county magistrates. This is the Judge NUes ot whose opinion so much : s attempted to bo made, and whose judicial dignity is consider ed so “available”' in an emergency. Wo venture to say, that among his three hundred thousand constituents in Connecticut, three and twenty cannot be found who would rely upon his legal opinion in a controversy in volving the title to a tinuip patch ; and yet, because a political casually has tumbled him into the Senate of tlie United States, tho demagogues ol Pennsylvania are not ashamed to trumpet the crudities of this man’s brain, ns high authority in u great question of gener al and constitutional law ! Truly has our country commenced “running emptyings,” and our era become tlie “ day ol small things,” when John M. Niles is quoted as of conse quence. Having told our readers how much tho au thor of the letter is wort It per se, it would hardly seem necessary to notice the contents of the loiter itself, and wo confess that we leol considerable repugnance to such a task ; hut we will glance at it, worthless, ignorant’ and abusive as it is—that wo shall bo brief, is all tlie apology we have for noticing it at all. In one respect we feel grateful to the Philadel phia Jacobin for publishing this letter, it will convince every man of common intelligence that blockhoadism and knavery form the ’foun dation of all the movements against the laws and constitution of the country, ami that this Mr. Niles is only distinguished for his promi nence in the display of those qualities. Judge Niles is quite clear that n Bank charter may bo rescinded with as little cere mony and as little compunction as a law may be repealed regarding the fishing f'or(alewives. Ho is exceedingly lucid upon this point, and he is perfectly pellucid in the opinion Unit n .State Legislature has the right to do precise ly what it pleases with the acts of a preceding legislature. Us power in his opinion, is uii qualifiedly omnipotent, especially in regard to banka. In the caac of turnpike incorpora tions and some others, he thinks there may he more scruple, hut as to banks, their charters are more baubles that legislatures may play with as tlieir children would sport shuttle cock. Mr. Biddle’s letter, ho characterises, as “arrogant and insolent,” and altogether very shallow. It proceeds, says the classical Senator, “on an assumption of the question at issue, namely, that the charter of a Bunk it a contract within the meaning of the con stitution of tlie United Slates.” Wo think Master Niles right in this position, though he is a little ridiculous iu his phraseology. No body but a booby ever doubted, wo believe, that a hunk charter, granted upon conditions, is a contract. 11 it be not, we wonder the won derful Mr. Niles does not tell Mr. VV. V. Pet tit what it really is. In tho absence of all Senatorial explanation, wo are bound to be lieve be considers it a cheat—a payment in counterfeit money, Senator N. expresses his full conviction that the charter of tho United States Bank was bought of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, and in this opinion 100, tho people of Pennsylvania will probably agree with him. It was bought, am) as we are in clined to believe the Pennsylvanians consider, pretty well paid for, in the immense benefits it will confer upon the State. Tho vile insin uation intended to be conveyed by Judge Niles' letter, that the Legislature was bribed into the grant, will ot course be treated with the contempt it deserves. The arguments of the .Venator are almost 100 contemptible for notice. Asspccimens ol his wretched ignorance not only of legal prin ciples, but of English enough to prove it, Ihey may bo useful to bis own constituents, but they are utterly disgusting to all others. This letter of Mr. Niles has not the redeeming quality found even in the poorest and paltriest productions which have been poured upon the country by stupid ami illiterate men since Mr. John Cade has been made a model'of repub licanism in this country. It is not even “plau sible in a blunt way.” It cannot pretend even to common sense. Its sophistries are the nonsense of a school boy ; its reasonings would do dishonor lo the Abbot of Unreason amidst the inebriety of a Uhrisrnas revel. The veriest pettifogger that ever sported fid- | ly before a backwoods Justice of the peace, i would be ashamed to utter such contnrnmafo 1 shallowness—at all events 1 1 innnit'ett to | profound an ignorance of elementary knowl- < edge. Wo certainly cannot foilow Ihe Idler through its labyrinth of absurdities, for it h; a 1 very long one, but we venture our iviiii'a'ini ! upon the assertion th.it no man of ordinary ' capacity and common acquaintance with tho t topics A iroitls upon, can find a point (Incus, sod in the whole letter that does not betray I the most obvious ignom.ee and the most barefaced impudence. With the language i in winch the Poqnnnnock I’undit lias seen fit ' lo express himself, it. wore perhaps trilling i passiimc to sport. It is beneath all criticism, 1 and abundantly beyond coiiipreliensio i, to any but the initialed, Speaking of the “con- i at.tutioii.il” propriety of revoking con*nets 1 with the Banks, the Senator thus expresses himself •Aa no sacrifice of | roperty or in i- justice will bo consequent upon their dissoln .ii tion, there can be no implied pledge of tlie o public faith that shall exist in perpetuity.’ is We dare say the Senator thinks there would s, be no sacrifice of injustice in such a case, &. il e is therefore a favorite project with him—but is i- that the scntimentjho meant to express? We do not select this foolish sentence invidious y ly. It is about a fair sample of the Senator’s o grammar and ethics—quite ns good in both li respects as the major portion of his letter, i- We do not indeed, make any part of tho ro d marks contained in this article, from mere par i- tisan feelings towards Mr. Ndcs, or from 0 friendliness towards the object of his most y impotent attack ; but we make them because I- we would not permit people in foreign conn* . trios to read this exocruble production of an h American Senator—ns they will read it in the . official paper of the nation—without under - standing that its folly and its ignorance are - fully appreciated among ourselves. Corrosponili'iicß of tho Baltimore Patriot. Washington, Jan. 26, 18f37. 11 In my letter ot lust night 1 informed you that Reuben M. Whitney appeared before the Committee of Investigation yesterday, and produced a Protest against the whole proceed ings ol the House instituting this inquiry,am! of the Committee in their action under Mr. 1 Garland’s resolution. This precious docu ‘ nient is of a most formidable length, and as ’ sumes the highest ground ns to the rights of ’ tins Treasury Familiar and the Banks which ! employ him, while it denounces in umneasur -1 ed terms the inquisitorial conduct olllm House ' of Representatives aud of the Committee. ’ The contemptuous language in which Whit ! ney spoke ol the intelligence of Congress, iu ■ his circular letter recently published, has not ‘ passed out ot the recollection of tho pulilL. 3 This protest I understand, is in a still loftier • strain of arrogance. Ho is quite indignant at 3 the passage of the resolution through the 1 House—although, bo it remembered, his own I political friends voted lor it—and kicks at tlie * course of the committee, upon whom also, ns 1 you are aware, there is majority of Ins yoke -1 follows in subjection to the Dominant Power, though nut, lot ns hope, in iniquity. He re -1 gards the officers of the Doposito Banks and 3 himself ns private individuals wilh whom 1 Congress had nothing to do; and alter a long 3 rigmarole about Ins constitutional and inulien -3 able privileges, ho winds ns wub professing u s willingness to answer all questions touching 3 matters of a public character, of which ho lia.s ■ knowledge. 3 The Committee thought proper to take him * on his ow n ground, ami making themselves ■ judges of what questions did refer lo public r matters, they proceeded with the examination, ■ which was conducton by Mr. Peyton. Wliit > ney however refused to answer any of tlie 1 questions which Mr. P. propounded to him 3 in succession. In making liis replies his man -1 nerwas far from respectful to tho committee > or tho gentleman who (rained tho questions. • Ho would look at them (lor, you will hour in r mind, the whole examination is conducted in writing) then throw themjnsido, with a remark that they wore inquisitorial, or concerned him ■ ns an individual—-and ho decliued.lo answer. One of Mr. Peyton’s questions was so framed ■ as to require a direct statement, whether 1 Judge Taney did not refuse to countenance 1 Whitney or recommend him for the situation I he now holds I Tins the Witness declined to 1 answer, more particularly, hq said, us the I mover of the inquiry had declared tho charge I was true, and he (Whitney) thought he ought i to prove it. This you will remember was tho subject of I the card Whitney lately published in tlie i Globe, iu which ho pronounced the assertion of Mr. Peyton a falsehood ami calumny. As 1 Mr. Peyton, whoso fearlessness and magna nimity tire known to tho whole country, and therefore require no vindication, did not con descend to notice this card, Wliitnoy doubt less felt liimsolfsafo in exhibiting before the Committee his poor splriiui spite, to a man so much elevated above iiis miserable sphere. But Mr. Peyton did not allow tins climax lo tho insolent character of his general bearing to pass unnoticed. Ho rose, and began an ap peal to Mr. Garland, the chairman, on the in sulting reply of tho witness—but very soon Moke ofl—und stepping up to Whitney, ho ad dressed him thus : “You Thief and Robber! if you dure to insult mo here, before the com mittee, I’ll put you to death!” Whitney was frightened out of his senses—but made no re ply.—“ You said in your Card that I shield myself behind my constitutional privileges, now sir, I wish you distinctly to understand that I waive a), privileges Mr. Ga,land, the Chairman, hero interposed to preserve order; and Mr. Peyton resumed his seat. Wliitnoy then rose, and wits pro ceeding lo speak, when Mr. Peyton interrupt ed him, commanded him lube silent, and de clared he should not answer but in writing. Mr. Wise here remarked to his friend, that Whitney was unworthy of his notice. He attempted to draw Mr. Peyton off from him, but Mr. Peyton said, “No —l pay no regard to Isis cards—hut when ho insults me here, in the committee, I will notice him, robber mid thief as lie Is.” Mr. Peyton then turn ed to the Chairman, and reminded him that ho had treated Whitney respectfully. Hith erto “ 1 have treated him, said lie, us if he were a gentleman, aud I will not permit him to insult mo.” Mr. Whitney was then ordered to with draw, and Mr, Hamer offered a resolution that the last answet of the witness should ho re turned lo bun, as il was no reply to ihe q’les lion, and was disrespectful to a member of the committee. This resolution was adopted unanimously, so deeded and strong was the conviction of every member that the demean or and language of this “great man ” wore improper and hit tilling. On Whitney’s return this resolution was road to him, and ins answer given hack to i him. He then apologized and ( .pi--*scd Ins regret for any disrespect he had manifested to tho Committee. To-day ho has been much more pacific; and , somu important facts havo been disclosed in I Ids testimony. He admitted that he was I lie ] author of the letter (recently published) and ‘ signed by the six cashiers of the deposilo | banks, recommending the establishment of n t bank bureau in the Treasury lb p.irfment, mid 1 recommending himself! R. M. Whitney ! us 1 a proper ( erssu to he placed at the head of il! This letter was wr.tten while Kendall was acting as the «g-nt of the Treasury Do- « part nient, and 1 believe while be was in I’tid- 1 ttdelplfia on a journey of discovery to see on 1 what terms the banks would receive the de- 1 posit should ill ,J y ho removed from tic Bank 'i ol the United Stales. Mr. Peyton and Mr. < Wise | nl question after question to the wit ne f, to ascertain whether kondttll liad nnv ‘ time’ to do with getting up this letter—tint he j woi.nl not answer a word to anyquerry that ~ touched Air. Amos Kendill. Mailt that! i Whitney admitted that ho applied to Mr. 11 D line for the appointmhnt he flow holds. II ■ admitted that lie wrote tho circular te ' r un ive-.. recently published ; and declared he was aiitlioriki'4 by the Secretary of the Treas ury to use the threatening J.inguige he did ouin'oy. There w ere some other ikveJopemcntF. of !j which i will inform you to-mormw. The I. committee it ia sees.-on night end day. 3 's From the Cincinnati Luminary. I- The Ohio—No river in tho world rolls lor a l- thousand miles a cuirent so smooth and peaceful. ie its tributaries wind through as many valleys in ” ten dillerent Slates. The first in size, the Ten ,l [lessee, having passed a navigable course through It three States, for more thi n one thousand miles, j a falls into the Ohio river fifty miles above its e mouth; the Cumberland—sixty-two miles—being navigable for steamboats to Nashville, and .for ' koclboats three hundred miles further; the Wa- I bash, two hundred and thirty miles ; Green river, two hundred and eighty miles from the mouth of ' the Ohio—navigable two hundred miles, and two hundred yards wide, at the mouth; the Kentucky, five hundred and four ihllCs, find navigable one II hundred and fifty-miles; Great Miami, four hun ;t dred and cighly-lwo miles; Scioto, seven hun -0 dred and forty-two ; Great Konewha, eight hun ‘ dred and fifty miles—navigable sixty-four miles a to the Salines, where annually Is made from e five to seven hundred thousand bushels of salt; • Great Muskingum, nine hundred and fifty miles. C These are tho principal auxiliaries which give substance and strength to the Ohio’. In its course of mure than a thousand miles, it washes six States, and with its tributaries has more than five |( thousand miles of navigable waters. Its main width is six hundfed yards, with the exception j of its lowest fifty miles, the average width of 1 which is one thousand yards. The average ra j pidity of its current is three miles an hour. It 1 rises fifty or more feet. At low water, its sur ’• face at Cincinnati is supposed to be one hundred and thirty feet below the level of Lake Erie, and ■ four hundred and thirty above the tide water of • the Atlantic. Such is tho Ohio. t Roofs Covered milh Paper. —To over tho ; roofs of farm buildings, especially of barns, use • may bo made of sheets of paper, of which tho ‘ best is tlio paper made of wool, which is both 1 strong and cheap. Each sheet is steeped in a 1 boiling mixture of three fourths of pitch and otto • fourth of mineral bitumen, melted together. Tho r sheets are left to dry a day or two, when Ihey I undergo a new immersion and a second drying, t a ..l they may ho immediately used. They are t fastened on the roofs like slates, upon laths then i covered a line and a half in thickness, by means s of a brush, with a liquid composition ot two . thirds tar, ( guudron ,) and oue-third pitch. Tho ■ whole surface is sprinkled over with sand, or with . iron dust from the forgo. This kind of covering J is very economical, and requires but vety light , frame wotk fur the tool'. | Professorships of .Igricullure in France. — i The King lias issued an ordunnance, upon tlie v report of tho Minister of Commerce, directing j tlie establishment of a Royal Conservatory ol Arts and Trades, and a system of public and gra l luilcus instruction for ngtieulturo. Tho instrue s tion will ho in three courses; Ist, on Cultiva „ lion—2nd, Agricultural Construction, and Me chanics—and 3rd, Agricultural Chemistry, 0 A gentleman one morning last week, asked 1 a litllo barefoot boy, what his mother did for . nlivuio? “slto eats cold victim Is sir,” was 3 thu roply. “ I am glad, air,” said n lady lo Dr. Jolm -1 son, that you have omitted all improper words 1 from your dictionary.” J hope I have, ina ; dam,” answered the surly age, “but 1 see you 1 have been look mg for them.” The. Cut Direct. —‘llow’d do, Giitnes? I’m glad to sou you ; h-xv’iit seen you for n , month.’ ‘ I’m glad of it, and hope you wont j fur a mouth to como.’ i Junius. —Wo find the following paragraph j in a 1 ulo London paper : lit thu library of ) tho Duku of Buckingham, at Stowe, is depos l itod a box containing papers, which secured with three seals, said to bo those of the lato f Marquis of Buckingham, the Into Lord Gren i villo, and the right honorable Thomas Green ville. The contents of the hox are under i stood to bo the manuscript loiters of, and doc mente relating to “Junius.” EBCIA h, MACON, Fob 2.—ln our market, there is very little change. Wo believe that 10 cents is tho high qst that lias haan paid ibis week. Wales generally flora It to 15 els. 'Receipts for the week past rath er mo ler.ue. Receipts in tlio Macon Market to tho first February, 57,359 halos. Stock on band 18,522 bales Freights to Duriuit 91 50; to .Savannah, 2 00; lo Charleston, 2 50. Columbus, Feb, I—Thu Cation Market,—Du ring the past week the transactions in collnn linvo been quite limited, owing to the small quantity com ing in. Buyers appear disposed to take bold when ever they have an opportunity ; but thu Miaulor* con tinue iu store and hold on lor hotter prices. I’riniu cottons are m demand and much sought alter, some sides have been made at 15 cents, but thu general sales have been at J4J to 14J cents. The receipts tin* season amount to 24,72'J halos ; stock iii Warehouses; 8 -53 hales REVIEW OF THE NEW YORK MARKET. February 4. Coffee. —An increased dee roe of animation con tinues to pervade the market, and .prices, though without variation, have boon quite rcud ly realized, There is a fair supply ot St. Domingo; but of lira zd and other dcseripliuns geimruily, the stock is unu sually light for this period of the season ; iho sales have embraced 5 a Out) taiga at 11 a 11], including some inferior nl 10J cents; about 1000 hags I.ngih rn, principally new crop, 12 n'l’D, inclusive of some vory prime nt 13; 250 St Domingo, 101; 50 Mara cuiho, 101; 150 Culm, lit a 12; together wilh uimtil parcels of other kinds at previous prices, , I lotion. —Since our|lnst report Ibc iransoctiens in llieCollon market have been rutber more extensive, i although the operations have been almost exclusive ly confined to manuliieturers, mid without any es sential variation in prices; the sides embrace 300 bales Uplands, ut lit a 171 ; 500 Florida, 15 u 18; 150 Mobile, 15 a 10; and 100 New Orleans, 15 u 181 cents; forming a tolal (hr the week of about 1500 bales Tlio highest rales continue lo bo real ized only on lime.—Tlio arrivals have been 1d W bales, ‘J’olel impurl since Ist mst. 6‘JS(I bales. Export from Ist lo 3ls( Jan. 0250 do * Export from the United dales since 1 Ist Oct last, 354,853 hales. 1 •Same time Inst year, 303,100 do Xeciu tunc year before, 301,807 do thirls, tv (Juudi —1 be vie, k.r ore but moderate, and tlio demand is becoming wilier morounim i d, although uiilioul any xiirianou in prices. , Export from Ist to 31st January 1 ] Gotten Goods, _ 275 packages. r Plmrand Mrot. —The firmness previously shown among holders of Western Flour; has given way since our l.isl, and small sales of common mid lain y brands Gniiul have been undo ul $11,75 a 812, ut which rates they arc now_ very r a lily obtained, tsouibcin descriptions, also in limbed request con* . iiiiu< ■! lo inaiinuiii loilner pneea ; saj-'s of George- n town at 811,75, At' xarclriu 911,50, mid Richmond „ (ny Mills, (,’alego, 8)1,75 ; sales of New Orlcim.l I sour to a small exient combine ut 97 u 7,23, Rye Hour and I 'orn Meal arc as beloro slated Export Irani Ist to 31st January. d Wheat Flour 1881 barrels. Molasses.—i Tho reeeplion of snppl rs in greater ; abundance, in thu absence of any extensive domain!, j has ealinid a very material reduction fiom previous j prices. The balance ul a cargo ol new crop Trim- J dad, about 150 tdids. sold ul 3 1 ; u cargo 01'45K casks r ' Lew crop New Orleans, yesterday, 35; and about. !10 of Iho same de.cripli ,n,lwo daysshica.tuppos- a <■ I hi 'M‘. rcntH. True .nous.— Tim ill mnnd for Moss Beef and Fork iMiuimics good, toil limited for lira mli.-r kinds. The - stock of Muss I’ork living im lodcd in few bands has I bi ll advanced in price |o n $24,50. laud is ‘ dull ut former rule. Butt r remains heavy. Che,a • n ia good demand, and not plenty. Hums retail ut 15 alb cents, franked Bed is in (full supply, mid sell "d at lot ii II ceu s. Bacon is scarce; talon at 14 ii 111 ci nU. r I Xpurt, from Ist to 3lit Jtmiiarv. 618 bbb. “ i '“‘‘ .733 bbis. i •fifd 783 bbis. * —\\ © rerfram without any hjx.’ci.'if \:iria» i on, or any important ir ifam'Hont* to nonce in any doH iipiimm ol The suits* of IJraudy lmv»* | Ijucii c nfiimJ to -mail A S'unm** at J ' 7 *o;|ii'.i:g, *1 !iTI ,i I tO; J;) huff pipes J. J. Diipuy, the lent ot the parcel,at •!,». All <W a scription* of Gin end Rum remain at former rate* I Domestic Whiskey fully maintain! in price Sugar* —The long continued alwence oi'snv la. portent supplies, renders if difficult aa well a on necessary to furnish any general statement relative h to the situation of the market. The antra amca iai I, lull have included 619 banket! Batavia, of the cun s of the Dorothea, for refining, on terma not oude paO he ; »onie Calcutia Brown. 10 cenla; lou ban Canh. > ogena, 101 ; 700 do Mauritius, 8 a 81; andtthhda r St. Croix, loi a 101 rents. ' nua *- Fmhanftr. Since the Ira reactions report*), (ft , our last for the packets of the lal inst there tal f been nothing worthy of notice done in foreign da , acriptiona. Export of Specie this week, $33/425; , CKORttFTOW.N (». C.) MARKBT rgi.i; Flour—' There is still n good demand for the arti cle, ami at rather belter prices ; we quote the wagon ■ price at 810,00 to 10,611. , "* t~ ■ . ——m,—— . Wring liUclligeltec. • , ARRIVED. . Steamboat Chatham, Wray, Savannah, with tow s Merchandize, <Sc-t6 E Camfiold, •■ant ; and Olliers. ' ‘ Sie iitior Getu-ge Washington, from Sovartnai.— 5 Mercliandtfe, &c-lo A /lowland, agent; and oth i ers. i Steamer Cincinnati, Curry, Charleston, Marshall. 1 “C —to R McDonald, gi-oni; and othen. - depauted’. [ . S (earner Froo Trade, Creswell. Savannah 90 bales cotton. , Steamer Liberty, for Charleston. 840 boles eollon. !• VVnh VAN fol) N ®~ i4rr " cl,r " Eranlthn Green, I Wane, Havana; Pomona, Mir] Miller. Naannf Splendid, Scott, do ; steamer Wiri Scabrook, Du bois, Cliarlostoh. rVolice. ) \ PING of the Total Abtlinenct Society; f~, ot Icx hipond county, will take piacs t< the I fi'Nbyieriari Lecture Room on Friday Kykninu 1 (he 10th iiiui. ui 7 o'clock. * ; f*. , a.m«up. S gi. (slOTfll, ; rr If E subscribers have roc’d a few do* aupcriol J Hoskins Gloves ; bl’k and colored. PRICE & MAI.LERV, 1 . „ Drapers At Jailors. . v; 1 / 8 3-i , 1 hiinpers landing tl)is day, by tlie Ciucln, . V nail, Irntn Charleston, they pro in eieetbnf order nn,l the brut arrived thi» season. For sale in annul lota by. .. „ „ W. &J. NELSON, Ac Co., _ Opposite .S'lovals Warehouaa. ' r ß ,u !''‘ nndwaigiwd. Factors and Commission Mar * •'hauls ol Augnsla, engaged ,p the receiving and forwarding htiamoss, found from the collee. lion of their accounts, (scattered llvt/uglforil the country) intended with great inconvenience, bog leave to nolily the public, that m future, itiey will ■ require the long established rule for thu government ulllioir business, complied with, lo wit that a du- I'osit ot cash be mode to meet freight nnd other eg ponses on goods before they are forwarded (-Signed) E. BIISTIN, - I EGBERT B. HE AIX. K. KN EEf.AVIi, At GO. A. CAMMING. Augusta. Fob 1. 1837. (Fob 8 3tw M risiiTEJ 1 n ij'r ic i(;iio^r i 'II ARI.ES DONMALL, Pru/enor of th, fib,- proposes to give u course of fifteen lessens, ua that instrument in Augusta, lo grnlleiue* who mar wish to learn or bo improved in llieir style of plat ing Flute music. One lesson to bo taken on —th consecutive day idler commencement (.Sunday ur- COJ)li'(l) J’ rrtl,M » £HHurlh« full count*, or ton fat ino nil lir»t Icwmoiin, with the priviW* of taking Ih# . rcumiiider of Ihp tiftecq i*««ona for the tint nwriliuu o'l Hum. J vii dalinrei m advance, to bo iNiid ui cuiii uieiicement. Feb. 8 jg 3, <«' ufird lan’s A o lice. "~ IjxOUR months after date, application will ba i made to the Honorable the interior Court of Co- Inmhia County, w hen sitting as a Court of Ordi nary, forleave iu si ll a lot of Land, No. 1147.16 th District, and 2d Section, originally Cherokee, bat now Cobb County, us belonging to Lycurgus Room (mine .) so > .. MARTHA A. REES, Guardian, Fob 8 go *l«i’n<;n Isoni. bl RAYED or •Vtolen from tho tu>- •4 tytPh • ul lho ibiil Ruud 4c Hank- Company,Mittiatocl 011 .Section No.» fwu Hhort-tnil R«y wngon HORS. n M ± £M! M 7 ou r uf J! l * ln 1,,, “ “ »'»r In W.' ™ forehead. Whosoever will retern th« above monlloned Horses lo Ihostaliles- or to the an-' dcrsignod at 1110 Planters Hole', Augusta, shall tie libjra.ly revvurdsd. . ti | u J EDGAR TltOtiHOX. ,! J 8 ,i,. I'lio.Venlincl and Courier, will copy tboabove Um?(* UmoN weekly. * (J I.OU (Jl i, (olumfiiu < ’ minty: VI/IIEUEAS, Robert Belton' applies for Lettem w * ol Admmislmlioii on tbo r.mto of Iklwerd Wnde, docoased, Ihesu are iherefnro locileandad inoiiish all and singular the kindred ami creditor, of wind dmwasiwL to bu and appear at my office within Iho ( imo pruKcubo.l by law, to mliow runae, il nny itiur li/i\(*, \\ by hu id lei I era hiiould nut be Given undor my hand, at office, in Apj.ling, Fcbs 7, 1537. , ri , GABRIEL JONES.Crk. I cl» 8 3^ Ad 111 iiiixli afurN Male. ' ON Friday, Ibe !17th day of March next, at tli J lato r'-sidence of Pnlward Wade, tlcc’d, in Co lumbia County, will bo sold, the w hole of the peri! ouiiul property (.Negroes excoptei') hidoiignig losairf ciilatc: cunristingonioiiscliuld and Kitchen Furni tilfe, Flanlalion 'Fools and ihiplom lit. of husband] ry, Corn, Fodder, Pork, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, nag Hogs; with' u variety of u'ther articles to tedious to oiiuiilcrdte. 1 cries made known oh the d.'iy of sale ; and sato (o conlinno from day lo day if necessary. „ , „ ROBERT BOL'/XJN, Adm. Ftll ' 8 32 w tils' t hcckri 011 New York, S/OU .SALE, in sinus lo suit Purchasers, by HOI.COMBE, PECK. At CO. F»'h 6 _ 4t 30 t’orii .-if Ihe Kivcr. Ul|A[k BI SIIEI.S Corn, for sale in quanli ifos to suit purchasers.apply at Iheriv «' •" JNO. B.GUIEU. leb7 3, 31 i\olice. J'JEPSONK indebted 10 me for Professional serk vices, w ill please make payment to Messrs Jxs- KINII & Mann, who are my authorised Attorneys/ during my absence from the ISiate. I'jeh <"«* o-SS- K. «V C-o. Branch 4r Auaosr*. t '1 1.f.1.KR w ill hn elected for Ibis office on Hal > w nlil iy, tbo llib Inst., to fill llie vacancy orea aninid by lie- resignation of Dr, I finikin. Furam’f ol salary, b ind, and all ollicf particulars, apply lo' llio Prcsi out, or lo , J. W. WILDE, Cashier. 11l the city piiiiers will please prtb ish tho above daily until llie election. Fell C & \EVV AjACKEIIEf.—2O whWa and SO half - * bills. iNi, (- C|) vvholeiind 20 ißifbbls. No. 2a ‘ 50 wli'o' e (this. Nb 3—bile caught received arid for sain by MOISMUMMIRnT Jan 10 ]j TV EVV MUSIC FOR THE PIANO.—A goo.l nv L ■ rinicnt of inUjir, jiwt received and fi»r ante by _Jun7 p it] T. If. <t J. C. PLANT. S^OllSAi:’— ‘’ifli&'fy y< imp Negro woman with! three children. Ajipiy al this office this critff mg. fob 1 C; 0-I*4 K TiVUKNHIP. F|lHEsuhscr/ter having this day taken Ins Bnahnr A EDWARD I.AKU'7’I4 into't'o-parlnorsliqi, the Imsii'css will herCaficr bo eundiiclcd under Ihq drill of A faint t Ac, Brother. ONice on Central Wharf, Charleston. AUGUSTUS J.AFI/TB. Fcln2 # 37 lw , [LEATHERS.— ISM> lh«. Feathers, just rereaysi and C*t bale by M(/ISE « CiHI EN. Jart 7 * *