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' / si s i / w ' • WILLIAM E. JOSES. AUGUSTA, (HO., MO A VE A S G, AIL’GIJST 3, 8 837. [.Seuii«wcckly.]«l'oL 1.-Ao 61 . wmmitm' —— rtnw ■■■■■■fWMMMMMßwwwMWMWwirrw 33n5!tsI)cU DAILY, SEMI-WEEKLY A N D WEEKLY, \ At No. 361 Broad Street. TERMS.—Tlnily papei, Toil Dollars per annum : n advance Semi-weekly paper, at Five Dollars a* heretofore i.i advance, or Six at the end of the year. Weekly paper, Three Dollars in advance, or , Four at the end of the year. . CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL^ ‘ A IJGIJSTA. AVetlne.day Evening; August 2,1 govkuKoiT GEOKGE R. GILMER. Wo receive! 5i osl ipsfr oin Baltimore by the Express Mail this morning, this being the day upon which we receive the Sunday news by the Northern Express. To-morrow will most pro. hably bring us the result of the Maryland election. | MAD. VINCENT’S BENEFIT Takes place at the Theatre, this evening. The, entertainments, as will be seen by the card which ‘ we publish in another column, are varied anil in- i terresting. Those who have beheld this lady uport “the light fantastic toe,” will readily admit her claim to a good house. [you THE CIIHONICLE AND SENTINEL.] Scrivcn County, July Bth, 1837. To' John R. Cottino. Esq., State Geologist of Georgia. Dear Sir 1 Permit mo to hand you the follow ing. Report and resolutions, which I had the hon or to lay before the General Assembly of the state during the session of The report and resolutions, with the exception of that one pro viding for the survey of the swamp, were adopted by a large majority of the House of reprosenta i*. lives, and an equally respectable majority of the senate, after some opposition and considerable debate. Os course the measures therein recommended, became by that adoption, the settled and avowed policy of the state. A course more liberal or bettor calculated to advance the interests ot all classes of out citi zens, without risk to the state, could not have been divided or pursued, and was the more grat ifying to the veal friends of internal improve ment as it presented not only an exception, hut a strong contrast, to the lavish and impolitic grant of banking privileges to irresponsible corporations which characterized the session, and the result of which is likely to bo destructive' to the curren cy, and ruinous to the People. It is probable that the owners of the river swamp will accept the overtures of tile slate and apply at the next session of the general assembly for the aid thus proffered by government in the erection of a dam or bank to save from inundation thou sands of invaluable acres ot land, now compara tively worthless by reason by the almost constant occurrence of frshets. With this view and aware the high sense entertained by the state of your science in geology, and all collateral de partments of knowledge. I take this opportunity •to ask, in behalf of the landholders —a candid ex pression of your opinion as to the utility and prac ticability ol saving our river swamp lands by em bankments. Your science, and your recent and thorough personal survey of every part of the Savannah Iliver Swamp will enable you to form and ex press a just and enlightened opinion upon the subject proposed, and will entitle that opinion to all the respect and consideration with which I have no doubt, it will ho generally received. You will confer a favour upon those who ask ■ for your opinion to permit them to make the same public through the Gazelles. I have the honor to be very respectfully, your oo’t servant, EDWARD J. BLACK. REPORT OF MR. BLACK OF SCRIVEN. The joint Committee from the Senate and House of Representatives appointed to take into consideration the utility and practicability of saving flic Svvntnp lands oh iho Savannah river, by means ofttinbankments or otherwise, have had the subject under constant consid eration, and hog leave respectfully to Report. That, to improve the condition physical aa well as moral, of the country in which we live, and to which we are bound by oil the tiea which consecrate our homes, is a work to the successful completion ot which Ihe wige and the good' will anxiously contribute. National success is certainly the result ot ni difidual,prosperity, and that system of inter ha) improvement which will most probably bventuata in the achievement of Ihe one, will as fflHePWjtomliice to the consummation of hi! Othdr. T hat Georgia possesses vast and >9 yet Unexplored natural resources, is evident othe rtiosl superficial observer:---the I'acili iee and advantages of her locution, the vine y and fertility ol tier soil, the salubrity of her donate, the extent of her territory, and the 'enios andjxharacier of her people, point to er ag a State, destined before the lapse of nother century* to occupy a proud and envia le position among her emulous confederates. >t the numerous objects of improvement with i our limits, the swamp lands which lie along le western bank of the Savannah river, pro :nt claiitls Upon the consideration of the'po tical economist, which may well arrest Ins tention; and your committee, by the direc an of the legislature, have earnestly directed eir enquiries to the utility and practicabili of saving them from the inundations of the ,er./That part of the swamp which your mlnittee deem worthy of attention is to be md between Augusta and the head of ticle y on the? Savannah river; its average width Cibout one mile, ami the probable length m one hundred and thirty to one hundred I fiftv i.nilos. \ These lands", at present coin ative by worthless to the planter,& of little jl to tl.e believed to be inferior ertility to no Jljart of the habitable globe.— e soil, which is 1 alluvial, is a rich mould, ned originally ot'decompnsed vegitablc do its, bpheved to be altogether mexhausta and extending dow n to the depth of from .5 feet. 'o reclaim such lands and reduce them in luceessful cultivation, yuc'r committee bo e would in all probability, result in vast inestimable benefits, not only to that re iof country, -but to the whole State of irgia. The people of Augusta and Savan hwould be among the first to experience advantages of such an operation; and the r of these cities, who arc dependant for lorf upon their daily supplies, would be iled IbiJfMclirc their provisions at one price. Corn, which is the i and ihal&iai item in the supplies of a ily instead oil commanding, ns it does now i SO cent* to one dollar, would be a drug sofS7AWccntß5 ofS7AWccntB per bushel, and rice l ' ie breed stuffs which now grown isl this country, would he re- du ;ed in price in proportion to the increase of the supply. Your committee do not ex agerale these probable results, for they are assured by men who are experienced in ag ricultural pursuits, that these swamp lands are capable, with proper cultivation, of produ cing from fifty to one hundred bushels of corn per acrc,& othergrain in the same proportion For even now, under every disadvantage, and when, from fear of freshets, the farmer cannot venture to pitcli his crop before the Ist of May, and sometimes not before the Ist of July from 30 to GO bushels to the acre are considered a moderate return. If then they were saved from innundation, it is evident, and every farmer knows and will acknowledge, that the advantages of early preparation and early planting, would in all probability with moderate and usual seasons, ensure the sup posed increase of production. In addition to those articles of prime and necessary consumption, the great staple com modities ot sugarcane and cotton would be diligently cultivated, and tor the sumo reasons as above, would yield an additional increase. Cane will now ripen up ,o ten and fitlecn joints,and short staple cotton return from 1000 to 1500 weight, in the seed, to the acre on these lands; and if the fresh Water was Mot permitted to retard the cultivation, and molest the growth of those plants, the husbandman would assuredly gather a much more abund ant crop. Horses, hogs, cattle, and stock of all sorts would then be raised at home from our overflowing barns, and a considerable por tion of the large amount of money which the drovers of the West n«w annually draw out of the State, would be saved to our people,and retained in the country. Our exports of raw material would be greatly increased—the far mer and the merchant would receive from that increase additional wealth—the price of real and personal estate in Augusta,Savannah,and the intermediate country, # would bo enhanced, and all the beneficial consequences of plenty and prosperity, in their thousand various ram ifications, would be felt and acknowledged by the rich and the poor. If the waters were at all times confined to their natural channel,those who are at all con versant with that stream, ivill at once perceive that the navigation of the Savannah river would bo ina short time most materially im proved. The sand and mud bars which are at present the chief obstruction to the passage ol steam and pole boats, would in a little while to washed away by the direct, confined, and therefore violent rush of the waters, and the bed or channel of the river would be conse quently deepened—good wagon roads would be made though any part ot the swamp, over which the best steamboat wood could be sup plied) at one half its present price, at almost ahy point on the river; and of course freights, which are now enormously high, would be lowered in proportion to the increased facili ties oflrunsportalion. The miasmatic and sickly region of the swamp, would ho made dry and salubrious, and the health of the neighboring inhabitants consequently improve ed. Thus all classes of people—the boat-own er—the merchant —t lie farmer —the citizen, and every man from the up country who trades either to Augusta} or Savannah, would reap almost incalculable advantages from the successlul completion of such a work. Your committee, hope and believe they have estab lished, even from this imperfect view .of the subject referred to them, the great and abso lute utility of saving these river swamp lands, and it only remains fur them to enquire into the probable practicability of Such a project. It the final and complain success of the past affords any criterion by which to judge of the probable termination of future experiments ofa similar character,and if well known facts are permitted to influence the opinion of your committee—then there can ho very Jilllo doubt ot the entire practicability of restraining the waters of tlie Savannah river to their nat ural channel, by embankments. The dikes of Holland—the artificial hanks of the river Po in Italy, and the levees width effectually confine the Mississippi, one of the most pow eii'ul rivers in the world, for two hundred miles above New Orleans, to her original bed, are indisputable evidence that the Savannah riv er may be dammed in, and the adjacent swamp rendered perfectly arable. In addi tion to these facts, your committee have avail ed themselves of the views and opinions of many intelligent farmers and practical men, all of whom agree with your committee; and fully concur in the opinions they herewith ex press. The only objection to such a project is the difficult;’ of obtaining the means of operation. But it is believed that the removal of tiiis diffi culty is wholly within the power of those who may interest themselves in the work. Noef fon in such an undertaking could possibly avail any thing, unless the individuals direct ly engaged should promptly adopt u judicious system of operation and be governed in all their movements by unanimity, and concert ot action. In such a case the State of Georgia, being always well disposed to foster and pto tect works of Internal Improvement, when predicted of individual entcrp/ize, would not in the opinion of your committee, be averse from lending her name in order to negu ciate a loan ot money, to forward and promote the undetaking'. The Slate, of course, in justice ,to her own interests, would require to be well secured by pledg es of personal responsibility, and valua ble and available property before she would consent to become liable for a single cent. But if the Stale was secured beyond the pos sibility of loss, your committee cannot per ceive why she should not he ready to aid her people in the manner proposed, in a work of sucii probable success and beneficial conse quences—especially when the loss, if any ac crues, must and will fall, not upon the State but, upon those whose persons; and properly will be liable to the redemptioil of the debt. In consideration.of all which, your commit tee respectfully recommend the adoption of the following resolutions. Resolved, That it would by a work of great utility, and that it is practicable, to save the swamp lands on the Savannah river from in undation, by means of embankments. Resolved, That his Excellency the Gover nor be requested to employ a competent En gineer, whose duty shall be to proceed immedi ately to make an accurate & correct survey of said river bank, and such adjacent parts of the swamp as he may deem necessary, with a view to the construction of said embankment I hat he report fully of the premises to Ihe next Legislature and that the cost and expense tbeieof be paid by the Governor out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appro priated. Milleiioeville, July 25, 1837. To Edward J, Black, Esq, Dear Sir: Improving and fostering the science of Agriculture form one of the most important items in the political economy of all civilized na tions, i’he people of the highest integrity were chiefly inhabitants of valleys and alluvial plans the soil, moisture, and warmth of which, “by en larging the component parts and ameliorating the fruits of the vegetable kingdom, afforded to man better nourishment at less labor than could he ob tained in hilly districts.” The country of Ba bylon and other places on the Euphrates were flat, and the soil of a saponaceous clay occasion • ally overflowed by the river. The inhabited parts ? of Egypt were of the some description. Accord ■ iug to the most authentic history, embankments were first used by the Babylonians and Egypt ians, and as nations became civilized, improve ments in agriculture kept pace with civilization, and means were contrived to secure the best and most fertile lands from inundations, both of seas and rivers. One of the most singular embank ments in the world is that of the Po in flatly, by the Romans, many miles in length, which has continued to be the most ertile part of the pro vince. The oldest embankment in England is that rs Romney Marsh, which together with the hanks on each side of the river Thames, is said to have been constructed by the Romans. These protect several thousand acres of the richest garden ground in the vicinity (ff the metropolis from occasional inundations. The commencement of modern embankments in England took place about'the noddle of the sfavenleclh century under Crom well. A few years previous to 1651, 425,000. acres of fens, morasses, or overflowed muddy lands were reclaimed in Lincolnshire, Cambridg shire, Hampshire and Kent, and leased at from 2s 6d to 30s per acre. Vcrmneyden, a Fleming by birth,and a colonel of horse guards under Cromwell, was the princi pal undertaker bf these works. Embankments or dy kes are now common in all the Hell, alluvial districts ot Europe, and many parts of this count try are following the example as the only sure mode of secureing a sale and profitable revenue to the Agriculturist. The utility of an embankment to confine the waters of the Savannah to their ori ginal channel and to reclaim several thousand acres of fertile land, cannot for a moment be ques tioned by any one who has taken hut a superfi cial view of the swamps bordering the river. In compliance with my instructions from the executive department of the Slate, I have just completed a geological survey of the counties on the Savannah river from Columbia to Chatham. In the course of my investigations of these counties, I have very particularly examined the swamp land bordering the river. I was directed especi ally to this part in consequence of reading the above able report to the General Assembly of 1835, and I am now prepared to second the views of the framer of that document. By analysis, of several specimens of soils ob tained from different places and at various depths, the swamp is Round to contain the ingredients ' in such proportions as to render it as permanent and as fertile as the richest lands of Alabama and Mississippi. It is so cdrlstilutcd by nature ! that it can never be exhaitsted by cultivation, 1 but will increase in fertility by proper manage ment. Much of the soil approximates it species of marl, containing carbonate of lime in largo proportions, an esccntial.irigrcdicnt in every good soil. It is a deposite from a primitive region of detomposed primordial rocks, which are known to afford a strong soil, this is intimately mixed , with animal and vegetable decomposing substan . ces. , My conclusions respecting the fertility of the 1 soils arc net drawn from a superficial survby of the surface merely, not from the growth of indi : gchous vegetables, but from correct chemicals i crialysis, conducted with the greatest care, under i very favorable circumstance and with genuine ' tests and reagents, from which it appears,that un : dor proper agricultural skill, no soil can surpass ' it in fertility ami permanency. . , For the information of those interested I will ■give the result of the following analysis. Soil from the swamp near Augusla, taken 8 inches from the surface. Quantity 108 grata* Troy, Water a Absorption, 11 Silicious sand and gravel, 17 Salubra vegetable andaibmal matter, 3 Insoluble vegetable and animal matter, 2 Oxide of Iron, 3 1 Sulphate of Lime, 1 Carbonate of lam®, 1 Silex, 31 i Aluinine, 32 Loss in Analysis, 1 Grains, 108 From New Savannah, Richmond county, ta ken three inches from the surface. Quantity, 108 Grains Troy. Water of absorption, .8 Fine siliceous sand, 29 Soluble vegetable and animal matter, 27 Insoluble vegetable and animal matter, 7 Carbonate of Lime, 2 Oxide of Iron, 2 Mica, Silex, 18 Alumine, , 10. Loss in analysis; 1 108 From the swamp on the river near Brian Creek, Scrivcn county, taken six inches from the surface. Quantity, 100 grains Troy. Water of absorption, grs. 6* 1 Coarse sand and gravel, 1 , Soluble vegetable and animal matter, 11 Insoluble vegetable and animal matter, 3 Oxide of Iron, 8 Carbonate of Lime, 30 Silex, 29 Alumine, 11 > Loss in analysis, I 100 ' From the swamp five miles north of the mouth of Briar Creek, taken four feet from the surface. f Quantity HY) grams Troy. " Water of absorption, 10 i Soluble vegetable and animal matter, 11 • Insoluble vegetable and animal matter, 4 Oxide of iron, 0 Carbonale of Lime, 31 . Silex, 30 Alumine, 8 100 • I have also endeavored to ascertain the average t number of acres included in the swamps in dif ferent counties, by taking the measure of the . length and breadth in various places. 'l’he re sult, in round numbers, is nearly as follows; Counties, No, acres. . Richmond, 10,600 Burke, 16,000 Scrivcn, 21,000 . Effingham, 14,000 61,000 There are -ixty one thousand acres of fertile ■ land, most of which is now enifrely useless, and i in some places, worse than useless, as it is a fruit ful source of malaria to which some of our res pcctable citizens arc deemed every year u , fall victims, which might he Jsy a spiri ofcnlerprize Ip exuberant-fields and healthy rest deuces. On this soil, any article cultivated ir the Middle and Southern Slates will flourish ir the greatest luxuriance such as corn,cotton sugar cane, rice, wheat, rye, barley oats, beans, peas &o When once it is secured from inundations by a permanent embankment, the farmer need ap . prebend no disappointment of an abundant crop in whatever he may choose to cultivate. Nature lus so blended the differentlngrcdients of the soil, imparting to it a sufficient absorbent principle, that vegetation will not bo impeded by the long est droughts of oui- summers ; and in general, it is sufficiently porous to admit a speedy drainage of superfluous water from rains. > I have proba bly staled sufficient on this part of the subject of your letter, at present, I am confident of the great utility that will accrue to llie counties on the ri ver and to the community at large by the extern lion of such an cnlerprizc. As to the practicability of Ihc project, I believe there is but one opinion on ihd subject am mg in telligent citizens of the different counties border ing the river that a permanent embankment van be constructed at comparatively tiffing ex pence. The swamps afford an abundance of cy press timber Sox piling and other purposes ; and the bluffs and many other places on Ibe river af ford an earth, the ingredients of which ate so comminuted that when dry and exposed to the air and sun become hard like stone aijd arc not liable tp disintegrate, or to be washed away' by transient floods. By confining the waters will have a tendency to deepen the channel of the river, by Increasing their momentum so that in n short lime the fresh ets will not rise so high as they do at present, and many of the sand bars and other obslructions will be removed and boat navigation much facilita ted. The direction of the embankment should be free from sharp angles, so as to occasion the least possible resistance. You do not, I presume, expect me, at this time, to treat freely of the principles of embanking as it would occupy too much time and speak. 1 shall therefore, only state sufficient to show the practi cability of the cnlerprizc and the facility with which materials for the purpose can be obtained, 1 consider the greatest evil and difficulty to be ap prehended in the construction of the embankment will he the quicksand on which the waters of the river and most of the alluvial depute rest. It will, therefore, require muchlabo and expense to secure the foundation of the embankment to pre - vent the waters from washing out the sand and thus undermining the whole superstructure. I t is principally owing lathis (/act, and not to the friction of water against the sides, that the banks are every ybar falling down and the river forms new channels, In many parts the sand is from 20 to thirly feet in thickness ; in such places piles, timber, and perhaps masonry will bo neces sary. Particular attention must bo given to the part of this subject, before embarking in the enterprizo, otherwise the whole will proven disappointment. AboveHeirman’s lake there will, I apprehend he but liltlcMifficully arriving from quicksand! below this, Ihc difficulties increase, the substratum of sand, becomes deeper, and the momentum, of wa ter increases. It is possible, however, to over come all theie difficulties with proper mechanical skill, though not without incuiring'grcat expense. This is an obstacle which the projectors seemed to have overlooked in their estimation; 'perhaps not aware of tlio nature of the substratum. As you have requested my opinion of flic practica bility of the project, I have thought it my duly lo state this difficulty, with a confidence however, that it can and will be overcome. The small creeks and branches may all be turned into the back swamp, which is not so good a soil, and made to disembogue inlo life larger creeks, cither by forming for themselves a natural course, or else an artificial canal may rqn along the margin of the swamp, and thus afford a reser voir or drain for the superfluous waters of the swamp and high lands. Where the foundation is sound and firm, and the bank can bo made at a proper season, when the river is low, the materials may be obtained trom the soil contiguous lo the embankment, and may either ho constructed with or without bind ers, according to the force of the current. In conclusion I see but one objection to the above, and that, I believe, with proper mechanical science may be obviated. It is an cnterprize which demands the attention of political econo mist® throughout the State; and I sincerely hope that you will realize your most sanguine cxpec. tations, as the original projector. If ho who can make two blat’cs of grass grow where one grew before, deserves mote honor than he who con quers armies, surely you, sir, who, in the execu tion of this cnlerprizc, will cause four stalks of ' corn to glow where none could grow before; arc entitled lo quadruple honors. I have the honor to be, Your obedient servant, JOHN R, (JOTTING, State Geologist. EnwAiin J. Black, Scrivcn County. From the N. O. Dee July 29. TEXAS. Wc are indebted to a friend on board the Bos ton for the Houston Telegraph of the Ist inst, from which Wo make the following extracts. — Fensacola Gazette of the 22d of July. The following extract of a letter from Colum bia, furnishes particulars of one of the most au dacious assassinations we have ever known. Yesterday, at dinner time, Capt. Joseph Pow ell was killed by Dr. Humphries in a manner which called forth tho unequalled abhorrence of all our community. Powell was on his way lo dinner with a few friends, when Humph rid, who had been waiting fur him to pass, suddenly sprung forward and with a pistol shot him through the heart. PoWell fell dead instantly; and Humphries was instantly seized and lied, afterwards was examined and fully committed. The first feeling was to hang him immediately: the belter feeling was para mount and ho was delivered over to the strong arm of the law. The excitement was tremen dous, on the account of the good qualities of Pqwell who was much liked, and Ihc base, cold blooded, assassin like manner in which he was deprived of life. Powell was interred in this eve ning with military honors, and a large number of the most respectable inhabitants cf the country attended. Scbr Bonita, vltich arrived yesterday, reports that bn the 18th June, while lying off Brasses de 1 | Santiago Bar, she Was boarded by a whale boat, • ' having 4 men in,-who reported fherni'chc,; tube d, Win. Thompson. 2d officer: John Brown, Coop it- eFs Mato; Joseph Wilson and Gouge Box, sea lg. mon, belonging to the Br. Inig William, of little —that vessel was on a whaling voyage and they had harpooned n whale, which lowed them out 11 of sight of llio twig;—benig unaided to disenvot a- tho vessel the following night and day, they bore in up for land, and made the sanio near tho Bar of i n Matnmoras. They wore taken on board and pro perly treated, but m a few days news arrived at Matamoras from Vera Cruz, that a British barque c - (Little Catharine of London.) had arrived at that y port, the Ist officer ot width had been murdered, j. and the commander so badly bruised that he died _ ir, a few'davs after; —these men were immediate Iv arrested and confined on shore, from which e they devised means to make their escape aril in I, company with the notorious Thompson pro 3, I needed to Texas;—,V. O. Courier, July 29. ;- Mexico. —The Pensacola Gazette of the 221 inst, says, wo gather, from a perusal of the files of the 'EI Censor do Vera Cruz’ (extending from 1 the 20th to tho 30th of Juno) that a deep feol • ing of dissatisfaction', if not hostility exists there ,f towards our government. General Filosoln, t under'whose command and orders Gen. Cdctro has acted, is censured with con siderable severity for the friendly disposition - manifested towards • the Squadron. Tho ground is taken, that an atonement should ho made by our government , for tho injuries which Mexico has suffered at our hands, and no atonement has been oft'orej.-r 1 Our Consul Mr Itorrough, is spoken of in u-rma ■ of great asperity, as an enemy of tho worst kind; i —The pacific course which Mexico had pursued . is ascribed to the settled policy of Bustamento, who looks at present to ono great object, and I is willing to sacrifice everything, else to its ac complishment. This objoct is the recovery of i Texas. It is understood that the whole dispos , i able means and power of the government lire to be concentrated as soon as possible, in order lo | make a descent upon Texas. In prosecuting this 1 object Bustamante knows very well that Iho Re public must have no embarrassing relations with other powers, and especially, that it will not an swer for her to be at war with the United Slates. Among tho subjects of complaint urged by 'EI Censor’, is the fact that Com. Dallas on corn ing on shore at Vera Cruz; did not wait on tho Commandant, but through the U. S. Consul, invited Gen Castro to visit him, at tho residence of the Consul. — 111. From the N. V. Hern hi. July 29. MONEY MARKET. Friday, July 28. The, money market continues in the sun'.o inac tive slate as ever. Capitalists are holding up be ’ ing desirous of investing their funds in some great speculations which tlio fluctuations of the limes may throw up, instead of laying nut in good solid securities at 7 per cent. — Specie continues to be very active—almost as much is now coining into the country as there is going out. At this port and New Orleans, proj hably $1, 000,000 have arrived during tho last month. It comes princpiully from the West In dies and South Ameica, in payments oftho debt they owe us, which is, at least, neatly equal lo what now remians dueto England. During tho next year there is no reason to believe that the amount of tho specie now in tho United Stales will bo diminished ono dollar on account of the foreign debt. The receipts from foreign counties in payment of debts—also tho freights—and by way of emigration, are quite sufficient to meet the exports necessary for France and England.'! There is no reason, therefore, on this score, that tho banks should continue to infuse payments in spece any longer. The situation of the London houses connected with the American trade is yet a curious, object ol inquiry. The position of the Wiggins, the Wildes, and the Wilsons, arc known. Bad enough they are after allowing c.vory thing in their favor. 'l’he long apprchensidtl; and want of cdnfidenco entertained tiugpuds-.thoni, have long since produced all the effects that could be reasonably expected. Tho Browns, with the as sistance of the Rank of England have weathered the storm. This fact will preserve in fact a largo airiilnt of foreign business connected with Now York, Baltimore and Philadelphia. The Messrs. Browns originally sprung from .Baltimore thirty years ago. They have always conducted a real not speculative husihess, The very fact of a house of shell largo means requiring aid speaks the intensity of the revulsion that has passed over the commercial world. The Barings have also weathered tho storm. From tile old head of the house, now Lord Ash burn,they received aid to the amount ol £660,000 sterling. It is believed this will enable them lo meet all and every engagement. At this moment their agents hero are buying specie, and remit ting it to their order. Probably one half of the specie continually going to Europe from this port is for tbo Browns ami Barings. The house of Morrison & Crydor will not feel the effect of tho connection with tlio American trade, till tho reaction of tbo American Gbina trade reach Europe. In this liainclt of business Boston and •Salem will yet receive a blow that will make many of their merchants slugger like drunken men, although they arc members of tbo Temperance Society. The engagements of tho tea trade will not come into action before tbo months of October and November. We shall then reach the bottom of this business. It is not to be supposed that all is easy in the Bast India trade, when the whole commercial world beside is in a stale of convulsion and disorder. We speak on these points from the rai d. — Thus it will be seen that every American house in Europe, Has been or will be assisted to gel through tho terrible revulsion of 1837, by seeking aid, but in hand, from other and difloront quartets , than their own resources. The Barings have ■ been assisted by their relative—the Browns by the Bank of England—tho Lizard's by Hope & Co—of Morrison & Ciyder we have yet to hear from —and the rest have gone lo the devil. From theN. > , ConimereJUAdv,,luly 29. Wall-sthket. —Our o'clock.--I' he sales at tho board this morning wet* generally made at a reduction upon the closing prices of yesterday. Specie. —The sales nt the board this morning were 8000 Mexican dollars at 1.0 per cent premi um; 6500 half dollars at 8 j ; do 500 fi,ve franc pie ces at $1,03; 00 tjpajiish doubloons $17,30; 300 Patriot do $10,75. We notice American gold at 8i a—premium; Spanish dollars II a 13 do; Sovereigns $5,33 a $5,35. Treasury draffs sold this morning at 3 } pre mium. aar J wj wiar-» r.ma i ■ - auTusta n;n E5 Ui kui.vi Rmsi.d und corrected w mi-weekly t for Hit Chronicle . 4" Sentinel. Bat' if mg, Hemp 20 a2d I Raisins, (dull) 150 a 200 Tow 12 a 20 j Rice, 3i a 4i Rale Hope, 10 a 11 Whitley 45 a 00 Bar n, now j Kuni 48 a6O 1 funis II « 12! Cog. llnmily 150 a 250 Shoiilclnrs 10 a II Holland Gin 125 a 150 r Side** ]1 a 12! j I*. Hmndy 87i a 125 f Rutter, Hohluti 30 u 35 fin gars, hi. Cr. JO a 12J iS. Carolina 15 u 2 » | Aiiigcovado 8a 10 Candles, ‘Sperfrl Xiu’M ) J’orlo Kiro 0 a 0 f Tallow 10 aIH IScw Orlennd Hall £ Cheese, 11 alO Huvaru, while 14 als I Cojjee,£V. Cuba 12 als Ho brown 10 al2 1 Java 14 a 10 00 a 75 / Common Uio 10 al4 fioap, yellow 7i a*J j Cotton, On aon Shot, 0a 10 Flour, Canal sl3 alt fi'ras, fly sort 70 a 100 5 IJaltfmore 7« 10 i Jinjiorial 95 a 125 * Cum, 112 i a 125] Gunpowder 90 a 125 ? Js'irtf., 10 al4 j Vuu.clu.se t'ur.tnrn, - i Hides, dr. salted Ufa 12 Yarns 4n 10 /:28 a 40c. f Jjcad, 81 a 9 O/nahurgs No I 15! i Moloxses, 38 a45 No. 2 14! Nails, 7! aH! Mackerel, Nurisll a 13 * Oils. Sperm, 125 a 137 No. 2 $lO all 8 I-indeed 125 a 137 No. 3 87i a 8 r VVlialo 55 aOS i Wines, Malaga 00 a75 y Pork, Mens none TenerifTe 87! a 160 j l*rnno none I Madeira 150 a 300 ! Pepper., 9a II ' Claret, per gal., $25 B 9a II i Glminpugnu $lO uls g ; ■■'; :V- < V REMARKS. t 1 review of the market for tins ar e I fiew lost week left it in a very dull ttaiv, and we i- regret that it is out of oer power to report any im i- pruvetnnet either is the demand 01 price as buyer; e have almost altogether withdrawn from the market >' and sales have only been made in very small pur 1 eels ; I lie quantity now offering is much larger that 1 is usually offered at this season of ti e year, lut tlie . is not to be wondered at, when a comparison of the Stock on hand of the Ist August, this year, vvilli iluit t of tho last year, is made. , N'toek on hand in Augusta and Hamburg t Ang. Ist 1837. 26,826 bales “ “ Aug. Ist 1833 4891 I Excess this year over last 23,935 i “ IVp now quote 6a 9 per els, extremes of tho mar 1 ket but it may always be calculated that a lanes., ac tieloNvill always command 1 per can, over flic high est market pi ice CaocEiiiKs—Wo havo no change to report—.bu siness continues dull, in consequence of the low state of Ihe river, and tho small supply on baud, holders ot Sail have refused to sell nt 75 els in largo parcels. With Flour our market continues to be | well supplied from the interior; the quality of some of which has been pronounced to be equal to Canal . Bacon is getting scarce, and the price lias advanced a little. Domestic Liquors' are also gelling scarce BxchaNok--Checks mi New York are still held by'olir Banks at 3 per,[cent prem. fJiiited States Bank, notes have been freely .bought,.during the week,in3l per cent prem., Fiieiojits to Savannah (sfl.por bale, to Charles ton, by Kail Rond, 1c per lb; • The steamboats' du nut eouie U|l higher Ilian Bugg ; s Her, LafijyeUe ILitl. TRltllK undersigned respectfully informs ins SL Iriomlrt anil llio piihlic ffanarnllt', that ha has Mkoa l.aluyc if* Hall,in Milk dgi*villa, Igrmerly kept by Grri. I) H. JI/iU:hdl. This houael.i as well cal milntr-l to romler comlort as any other csiab'ish ni'Mit in tho city; and every exerlion on my part, Will bo made Id aocommodaio I hose who may lavor me with a rail. Tlio subscriber will give bin personal attention to bis palrons,aud will have tbo oniiro mana”emoiU ol ibo lid'iso. IV’iM. U(,)Gl.;Uli. OCrTlio •Slni’O Office of Ibo People’s Lino is Kepi at this luuum. Tho stages d;iily Jcaving lor Monl mgocry mid /Inunsfa. A/Jllpdgovillo, Aliff. I fr W Ailfdiiiiy* Ti™ lonsbip ol this Academy being vara tod by flic resignation nf the Bov 'I heodorc Dwight, applications to fill the same will be re i wived until the first of October next, nt which time the selionlastie year will ciimmonce. All appli cants must mine well recommended for moral ns wall as mental attainments, mid must also possess a thorough knowlmlge of the Greek and Latin lan guages. By order of the board J. W. JONES,Sre'y, ang 2 180 w2m Columbia Slici’iir Sales. WILL bo aubl at Columbia Conn Home on tbo first Tuesday in September next, between (bo usual hours ol side, two improved lots in tlio villngo of VVrighifiborongh, on ibo m rib si lo of ilrond stroel, joining Henry IP. Ma-wm'nl,nrid oth ers, boiAg tbo lots whereon A’oberl VVmlonow lives* levied on as (bo property of said liobrrt VVnde, l» Hft'isly sundry fi Ins from llio Justice's Court, James Moore and ulbors, ngaistsnid Wade, Joseph Walker and John L mberl. Levied tin und relumed to mo by n constable UIC1IA1M) II JOiVKS, H Sirfl*. nug 2 180 wid (!i'A)RGI t'ohmbiacounty: r|IOLLKH before Janies Burnside, a Justice of JL the Pen«e for slid county, a buv horse, snip nose, left eye out.: appraised, by K T Williams and Walter J Jones ul. ton dollars. Sn iposed to be 20 years old. J AMISS nHR/VSIHL, J 1L A tru • extract from iheestiuy booh, nbg 2~lß(Kv3t I)A VII) H \ KRI S'S, (:l,. r k. Ten l>»(lai‘N Krtviird. t RAN A WAV from the subscriber living four miles below Columbia Court House, on the road leading to Augusta, a Black Boy,•'by the name of SOLOMON,Vibdnt 12 or 13yn ars ofoge. So'/on.on is quite blaek/jpeoks quick when spoken to, and is rather small for his age, wore oil a while home spun roundabout and pantaloons, both tilled in with wool. He is supposed to bo limbered in Augusta, dr on tbo Sand Hill, having been recently seen nt both places,and having a relative belonging to tbo estdte of John Tot, deceossd. Any person taking up said boy Solomon, and delivering him to me or lodging him in Jail so that I get him, shall re ceive llio above reward as well as the thunks of COLVARH, Jr. npri!l9wlm '.-I "TTao He ward. 1 will give the above reward for (heap- SB prehension and delivery of my Negro <HI ARLOTTK, at my residone near M*M ,uve b» ni Ncriven county, fcdie is Jk about twenty years old, very dark com o y&Vyf plected, and dresses fine for a servant. Slie was (mrcbased some months past ri&SiAt from Mr. Thomas J. Walton, of Angus ta, by Thomas W. Oliver; and, as her mother and acquaintances live in that city, it is very likely sbu is harbored by some of them MARTHA OLIVKR. Feb2B 48 Nolice M V wife Martha Ann Carpenter, having ceased . lobe a wife lo me, and apprehensive (but she is about lo leave my bed ami board without my permission, I lake this painful method of giving it publicity lo the world, —and I do hereby forewarn nil and every person whatever, from trading with my said wife or giving her credit upon the laitli of my responsibility—us 1 will not bn liable lor her contracts, conduct or conversation in any shape or form wlii.tr ver. lUILKY CAUPKNTMR. Burk comity, Geo., May 3,1837. [niuyO iQfi Notice. Wll.LliuSuld pn thufirtit Friday inFeptmnbur ncxß 111 1 lie rosidunuu of John Magdi-or, lulu ofßurko cOHuly, ilocM., a part of thu perishable prbpany hclrftigirig tu said ducM's rslatr, viz. snmu. hugs, baron and lard, nx n and cart, beds,bedsteads and furniture, together with all the bouse hold furni ture, and a nnniber of other articles too lediuus to mention. Terms of sale made known on day. JOHN LODGE, Adm'r. jtib/25—I73tda Withth6 wijl annexed. U' PON Ihe application of Win Boyd and Jane Lawson, Guardian's of the minor heirs of An drew B Lawson, iloe'd., slating lo ibo court that Roger M Lawson, one of the administrators on the estate oftho said Andrew B Lawson, is mismana ging said estate, and has (ailed to.tender lo this court un account ol his actings and doings as said administrator, as required by law. it is,on motion of counsel,' Ordered that said Roger M Lawson ho and appear at the next term of this court, to wit;— on the first Monday in (September next, and then and there shew cause why his letters of administra tion shaft not he revoked; and ills further ordered, that u copy of • Ins rule be published in the Chronicle At Sentinel, of Augusta, once a week for three weeks, before said court A true copy from tho minutes. July 18, 1837. T if BLOUNT, D o r: o. July 81 _ 171 w3w B T l’( >N the application of Ransom I.( «is, who ts U the security of Elijah Trod way, on his bonds ns guardian of his son Annnpias DTredvvay, staling that said Elijah is wasting the estate of said Aimapi us D, and bus tailed lo account to ibis court as said guardian for Ins actings and doings, and also pray ing to lie discharged from any further liability as said security, ft is, on motioß of counsel, ordered that said Elijah ho and appear at the nest term of this Court, on tho first Monday in September' noxt, and then and there to shew cause why his Ellers ol guanliuiiHliip shall not bo rcyokod* and tho said Ransom bn any longer liable on said bond; and .t ih further ordered, that a eopy of ibis rule be pub fished in tho Chronicle ami Sentinel, of AOgnsta, once a week for three weeks, before said court. A true copy from the minutes. July 18, lodi. 1 T 11 BLOUNT, do c o. I July 21 172 " Admini*.i-alor’M Sale. 711-1, ho sold at Iho market house in the town \\ ( ,1 Louisville, Jefferson county,in the usual hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in November next by oldertfLllie honorable llio Inferior Court of said eoiintyTafcHg as « Court if Ordinary, to the liighthi. kid'll* hundred and ninety acres more or leWm ot«rnd hickory land, (improved) 1 ah mt three tailqt Wow Louisville, on tho .Vnvan • nali road, and fknV Winers of Big Creek, adjoining lands of litdl, Gardner, Uostwiek and others, being the real esliiio of the late Sclli Eason, deceased, in Jefforstm county. Sold’ for the benefit of the heirs ■md creditors oi said dec’ll. Terms of sale on flic day. BRYANT FUI.FOKU, Adm’r. 3 paly 19, 1337 IM v.td I Sale. „ \\ 1u - Nsold, by order of the Court tof Ordi ’ r ... nn s r i f,,r ,ll( ’ <’onmy of K.chmond, off the r- first liwsdny m Septcmbir nett, nt the Market ,n lQU.se m tlio city of Augugra, two unimproved lots is t,,e norl ' l S, ' J « and «|»|.rr end or Brood street Known in the plan of Mrs- Clayton’s lots as No. 71 l( an( l ■4l*o,ai the court liQQ.se of Fayette county.* u oil 11 1 name day, one lot of land, Nor. 100, in the IMi District,originally Hefiry county. AJ*o,iDtrihn Maine day, at tlio court bouse ol Henry county, lot :No 23/, in the 10th clfsfrh I, and s letli of Henry. Also on the shine day, the court house of Early county,lot No 369, s6|jf district.,. lhe above sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of James Primrose, dcceasod, late of the cuftirty oi Uiclitiioml. Tennsaiih. Titles in-” • di e pifUb*iQ r 4 b* Marshall, Adm>. MAIiY HilMftOSE, Adm'z. - jmu* ' ■ M 4 wtds «o I tun |;|» «TeTnTsaie*r of.Columbia Court House, on v ,?.* ihftfiW TuesdayinSmAeiSiW next,between the IHinfr hours of sale, ’ A-lot of tadiev andgontlemen’li shoes and boots,’ u a lot o'Qioy'saml men's wool and fur hats, to satisfy e three It. Ins.; one from CVlrufabia Inferior Court, at ~ the silit ol J D Price .feC6 against James Burnside; two from Columbia Superior Court, Jamtw Cart ledge ftVd Joseph I'ederick - ', for officers oft Kb court, I against (he saffA. -.At,So— Tt n pn'lcnt ales, matrass and bedstead, ten Wan-' kels, kitchen and household furniture, and three, • trunks, to satisiy a li In from C'ofurnbia Superior I, Court, Edward M Crawford against. Richard Haws.' Proiierty pointed out liy plaintiff, —A'LSO— , '■ One hundred acres ol pine land, on the Uchee 0 Crook, joining funds of Morriss’ heirs, Richard W. Jones and others, to satisfy threp, If fas from a jns • lices C.mrlot Cplmnbia county, at Hid suits of John OliVo, John Pa.fisb.and Pace * Bdsh, plaintiffs, va Sion Elkins, defomliitft. Levied off an J returned to’ mo by a constable. 1 RICHARD II JONES, D .S’h'ff July 28, 1837 174 wtd V.reeutor' 1 * Notice, (*2 IX mouths after date, 1 will make application' ► “ to tho Ilonoriihln the lulcrior Court of Colura hia county, when sittingt.s a Court ol ordinary or I.cltcrs disniissury, from the further Administration 1 of tlio Estate ol John Dozier late of said County Deceased, 1 hereby, require all and singular the kindred and creditors ofsnid deceased, to file their objections if any they have, in the office of said court, wii hin the lime proscribed by Law, to show l cause why said I diets should not be granted. JAMES K, DOZIER Exr. John Dozier, den’d. nnc 5, 1837 13) tl (I ill liiis I imloi ’n Na |77 HIM. bo sold on the first Tuesday in Septem-’ her next, before the court lloitso door in Jneltsonhoro’, between the usual hours of sale, a Negro Mini by the name of Dick, belonging to the slide oi Annul* Arnett, deceased; sold agrecab'eto tin order of the Honorable the Inleri r Court of Scriveit county, for a division among the heirs of said estate. AZAIUaII ENNKIS, Adm's, June 17 jtt w'.tw liiinnliaii’i Sale. AGREEABLE loan order of iho Inferior Court of Columbia county, vvijcn Hilling lor ordinary purposes, will boaold at thu (Joint llminu door, in Appling on the tint Tiiiwduy ii ftcpieinbor next, 3 negroes, viz; Mourning, n yumum, and twochilmen, Tabund Mlonnor, belonging to the estaic of i.ydiu llugg, minor. Tentin wadi. JIFJVJAMIN HUGO, Gunrd’n. July 7,1837 wtds 158 7 Lost, , b, OMETIMR during the last Winter I enclosed to • ’ Stovall, Stimnoos A, Co., of Augusta, the halves of two one hUiitired dollar hills, hereafter described in a loiter which was deposited in the Post Office at Etbcrlon; Geo., which letter never reached its destination, and the halves of the hills are lost. One ol caul hills was on the Georgia Hull Road and Hanking Company, payable at the Blanch in An-! guslu, No. 6UO, litter A, signed by William Deoring President, find hearing date at Athens, 7th June, 1836. Tin) ol lief was d’ff the Mechanic’s Bank, let ter A, dated Nov. loth, IH3J,and signed by Jhon Phttiizy, Presidi n', Iho number not indicated, by the hull of the hill In now .ay possession. Any information by which the lust halves can Ke-dls bovored, will he thankfully jet-cived by being lull with me, nr al either of the said Banks, or with. William E. .lories Esq, nt AugdSta, and the officers of sltid Hanks, are cautioned against redeeming said bills (ruin an] other person I linn myself or Messrs. SluvaP, Simmon* &. Co. Those lost are the first halves, containing tho “promise to pay,” and the cashier's naniss. , f ~4 . young l. g. Harris's Elherton, Ge 6. June Silt; 1837 wßm 16 , (Hinnliiiii’a Sajc. W'ILL bo Hold, boiotb tlio Court llou.se door in Wnyrotaburu’, Biirko county, on the first Tuesday in October next, all the lands lying in Haiti ( 6mUy belonging lu the orphanx of 'i'homaii' Hell, doi iUHod ; to be sold lor ,lhe .benefit of said* orphaftg Terms made Khown on the day. July 4, 1837 . iiUdii AILEN, Guard’n. July 7 wtd 158 H.rerutor’s Sale. 4 GREEABLE to an order of,tlio Inferior Court' 1 V of linrkc county, when silling lor ordinary purposes, will ho sold on the first Tuesday in Odin-' lier ueU, nt Newton, linker county, between the li iml bonis o! sale, a tract of lurid containing two. hundred and filly acres, belonging to the estate of Jonathan l.uwis, dec'd. Terms of sale on the day.’ HENRY LEWIS.EjPr. july 24 171 WtM SalC. O.V the first 'fnesday in October next, at the late residence of Mnger Watson, late of Richmond county, doccasod.wnl ho sold the following negroes, uz: Tom, //onry, Lucy, Silvcy, Julia aha Else, air likely, anil belonging to the estate ol said deceased. Side positive, and fur llte benefit of the heirs and' creditors. Terms on the day of sale.’ E PERRVMA7V, Ex’r, july 21 IW , w’ldk mtEAKFAHT HUVSH OiVTHEff. «. H. TO LET , , • riMIE Dwelling,togetlierw’hh 1 the Farmfconlain i. mg AM acres, snimted on the Georgia Rail • Rood, at the second Dcposilofy, 20 miles from Au gnsla, is In lot. Apply to WM G BONNER, White Oak P 0, Columbia co.. Geo. july 27 175 wTI 07“ The Ktandaid of Union Will copy tW above 1 4 times, nod send their account to this oifi'ec. Just iteceivedi A (kik it AG S Prime Gfcen Cofßo iLday 20 hhds prime Sugar 20 hbds West India McWssCs New Orleans Molasses Wl bl 1.4 120 bids Whiskey; 30 hhds do. 10 boxes Isml and Lrimp Sugar 10 t'yrces prime Rich M Hallimore anil Cabal Flour, Raisons,' Sperm and ’J'allovU CatVdles, Co lon Bagging, Halo Rope, Twine, Salt, Iron, Steel, A'ails, &c. .• e, Togothcf with a general assortment of Fanny Gro ceries. For sale low by ~ . ~ ■ HARPER t. BRYSON* CO. july 25 178 2td&2(w James W. M. Berrien WLL practice LAW in the oountiesof Burke Jcllirson, and Washington. Ufficeai Lou- I |6villo, Geu. _ rjiin. 21 115 3nadsww. . Notice. I fkjlllEsubscriber will during the priaenummmer, El inland to any business entrusted to hVn in the | Cherokee Circuit, such as examining land, *«)IeCC r .-* A I jag debts, Ate., provided application be 1 by (lie 201 h July next, lie raters tli Messrs. A J. it T. W . Miller of Augusta. [ GEORGE GUNBY. White Oak P. ()., Columbia co , June 28-151 16t Administrator’* Notice. INOlTft moniba afer dale application tVirt he inude to tlie honorable interior Court ot Burke county, as a Court of Ordinary, for leave to sml four hundred acres ol land in said county, belonging Ip the estate ol Joh&thnu Johns, adjoining lands of Dr.' U. B. Miller, Azunalt Duke,nod others . . npril 22 83 JESSE JOHNS, Adm’r., 1 “GEORGIA, r liy l, ' P 1 hntorablc the Court of 1 Burke county. ) Ordinary otsaid county, r \\[ II EKE.I' it illaina Sapp, Administrator of ’t V T Richmond Hank raim, dcdM„ Into of SonUi o Carolina, lias petitioned the Hnnurablio the Court of * Ordinary lor Idlers dismisaory Irma said adrainii- I) tnilion: These are therclorc ui file and admonish i- all and every person intena,u a, toabew cause, any, g they have, on or before the first Monday iu JaiVusrv g ivext, why the said letters should not lm graatadpuid n ibeanid William Sapp forever released trum all lia rs bility as said administrator. te. By order of the Court. , , T H BLOUNT, dc e b t o,' 1 s,,| ysa (n6m 177